Kalinjar Fort Declared National Geo-Heritage Site

Declared by

Geological Survey of India (GSI)

Location

Banda district, Uttar Pradesh

Geological Importance

Rare Eparchaean Unconformity

Represents nearly

1.3 billion years
missing in Earth's geological history.

Rock Sequence

• Bundelkhand Granite
  (~2.5 billion years)

Overlain by

• Kaimur Sandstone
  (~1.2 billion years)

Historical Importance

• Gupta Period temples
• Neelkanth Mahadev Temple

UPSC Keywords

• Geo Heritage
• Vindhyan Range
• Bundelkhand Craton