Chaurasi Khambon ki Chhatri, Bundi
Encyclopedia
Chaurasi Khambon ki Chhatri or 84-Pillared Cenotaph is a chhatri
located in Bundi
town of India
n state of Rajasthan
. This memorial was built in 1740 by Maharaja of Bundi
Rao Raja Anirudh in memory of his foster brother Deva. The cenotaph with 84 pillars is a piece of architecture of Rajasthan.
Chhatri
Chhatris are elevated, dome-shaped pavilions used as an element in Indian architecture. Chhatris are commonly used to depict the elements of of pride and honor in the Rajput architecture of Rajasthan. They are widely used, in palaces, in forts, or to demarcate funerary sites...
located in Bundi
Bundi
Bundi is a city and a municipality of approximately 88,000 inhabitants in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan state in northwest India. It is of particular architectural note for its ornate forts, palaces, and stepwell reservoirs known as baoris...
town of India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state of Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
. This memorial was built in 1740 by Maharaja of Bundi
Bundi
Bundi is a city and a municipality of approximately 88,000 inhabitants in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan state in northwest India. It is of particular architectural note for its ornate forts, palaces, and stepwell reservoirs known as baoris...
Rao Raja Anirudh in memory of his foster brother Deva. The cenotaph with 84 pillars is a piece of architecture of Rajasthan.