Bada Bagh
Bada Bagh, also called Barabagh (literally Big Garden) is a garden complex about 6 kms north of Jaisalmer on way to Ramgarh, and halfway between Jaisalmer and Lodhruva in the state of Rajasthan in India. It contains a set of royal cenotaphs, or chhatris of Maharajas of Jaisalmer state, starting with Jai Singh II (d. 1743)[1][2][3]
[edit] History
A descendant of Maharawal Jaisal Singh, the founder of the state and Maharaja of Jaisalmer, Jai Singh II (1688 – 1743), commissioned a dam to create a water tank during his reign in the 16th century. This made the desert green in this area.
After his death on September 21, 1743, his son Lunkaran built a beautiful garden next to the lake and a chhatri (Hindi for cenotaph) for his father on a hill next to the lake. Later on, many more cenotaphs were constructed here for Lunkaran and other Bhattis. The last chhatri, meant for maharaja Jawahar Singh, dates from the 20th century and remains unfinished after Indian independence.
The gardens are largely neglected, but the hill with the cenotaphs is still quite an interesting sight.
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- ^ .Bada Bagh Department of Tourism, Government of Rajasthan website.
- ^ "Sonar Qila". Financial Express. Jan 09, 2004. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/sonar-qila/48364/0.
- ^ Lindsay Brown; Amelia Thomas (2008). Rajasthan, Delhi & Agra (Lonely Planet Travel Guides). Lonely Planet. p. 335. ISBN 1741046904. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=Zz0_zXPb68kC&pg=PA335&dq=Lodhruva&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fg0MT971LczhrAe5_4izBA&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Lodhruva&f=false.
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