About me
Am a contradiction of sorts. i love going out and having a good time with friends, and i can also stay home chill out over a book or a movie..
Am very passionate about writing, so give me a topic and watch me float away into wonderland... Love reading books- sometimes i read 3books simultaneously, crazy about music- need it all around me, all the time and ofcourse, i totally am ga ga goo goo over my 7yr old naughty brat- Floppy!! errr, Prince Floppy!! :)
All around was nothing but barren land, but in the distance i spotted a structure. Was that for real or was my mind playing tricks on me? Yes, the sun was blazing, and i was hot & dehydrated. We had come this far, why not spend a few minutes exploring the area said my mind.. Trudging ahead, we parked the jeep and hopped off towards the structure amidst ruins and rocks.
That is when i spotted the sign board "Octagonal Bath". gigantic bathing area made
in the shape of an Octagon. There was a small corridor or sorts around the center, lined with pillars on either sides. In the center was a huge
octagonal shaped platform.
I am assuming the area around this center platform is where the water was filled. "Looks like they had a jacuzzi back then and really lived it up" were the thought running in my head.
As you drive towards the Royal Enclosure, a structure will catch your attention, it is the Queen's Bath. From afar it is resembles just another rectangular building, but once you step inside the structure, you will be wow'd .
The entire structure has a small channel running through the length of it which must have once been filled with water. While on the inside, there are corridors with small windows poening into the center, the main bath area. The windows aare beautifully done up, with intricate craftsmanship on each arch and wall. The architecture is Indo-Saracenic with Islamic influences over-riding the Hindu style of architecture.
Each of the windows are supported with small lotus bud tip brackets. The center bath area opens out to the sky, but today stands barren and in ruins. There is one entry with steps leading to the bath, an indication that women probably soaked in the bath surrounded by their maids and help waiting at their beck and call.
The ceiling along the corridor has intricate work depicting the Royal lives, the Gods and animals used in the palaces.
There is a small beautifully maintained garden within the premises, which now is a favorite spot for picnics by tourists. This structure is now an ASI protected monument!
Psst.. the photographs looks different only cos i've been playing around with the new Picasa settings :)
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