all began after Nawab Safdarjang (1739–54) granted seven bighas of land at Hanuman Tilla to Baba Abhay Ram Das. During the time of Safdarjang’s grandson, Asaf-ud-Daullah (1775–93), funds were raised to construct part of the temple-fortress on this land.9 Soon after the nawabs of Awadh donated lands and helped in its construction, Hanumangarhi
