HISTORY DEEG WATERPALACE

DEEG WATERPALACE

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HISTORY DEEG WATERPALACE

• Deeg located in Bharatpur distriic , Rajasthan.

• Created in the mid eighteenth century by Raja Badan singh with additions by Raja Surajmal.

• The summer resort of the rulers of Bharatpur.

• The architecture of Deeg is mainly represented by the mansions called the Bhawans.

Gopal Bhawan

Suraj Bhawan

Kishan Bhawan

Nand Bhawan

Keshav Bhawan

Hardev Bhawan

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• The striking features of these palaces

Balanced outlines

Fine proportions

Commodious halls

Attractive and logically disposed arcades

Alluring greenery

Charming tanks and canals with fountains.

• The palace built of white, yellow and red stones.

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The architecture is primarily of trabeate order.

Arch is formed by joining spandrel shaped slab cantivelers projecting from the pillars.

Engrailed arches resting on ornate pillars

Hypostylar halls flat roof terraces

Balconies and pavilions with Bengal roofs

Double eaves

Moderate structural heights and spacious internal arrangements.

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Singh Pool

•Main entrance to the palace complex.

•Two lions sculptured in front of the archway. 

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Gopal Bhawan

•A central hall flanked by wings of two low storeyed annexes on either side.

•On its water front, two oblong basement storeys

•The central projection is carved with majestic arches and imposing pillars

• A room in the northern wing contains a black marble throne-platform.

• Flanked by two small pavilions Sawan and Bhadon Bhawans to its north and south.

• Each pavilion is a two storied structure.

GOPAL BHAVAN

SAWAN

BHADON

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Suraj Bhawan

•Built by Surajmal, single storey flat roofed building.

•Consists of a verandah all around with five arched openings and rooms flanking at the corners.

•Built of buff sandstone to which white marble was encased subsequently.

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Kishan Bhawan

•Extensive panelled façade broken by five large central archways.

•Huge fountain feeding tank on its terrace.

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Hardev Bhawan

•A vast garden in front laid out in charbagh pattern.

•The ground floor consists of a projecting central hall, faced with arches springing from a row of double pillars.

•The rear part is crowned by a chhatri bearing a spiked curved roof.

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Keshav Bhawan

•A square single storeyed open pavilion .

•Centrally, the bhawan is diversified by an arched running on all sides and forming an inner square.

•Included an elaborate device to reproduce the effects of monsoon.

•A broad canal is running round the edge of the pavilion. 

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Nand Bhawan

spacious oblong hall raised on a terrace.

enclosed by grand arcade of seven openings.

The ceiling of the central portion of the hall is made of wood.

Purana Mahal

A spacious rectangle with an interior consisting of two separate courts.