Badal Mahal Darwaza !!
It is a very interesting structure with windows fixed on the top of the gate, which is said to have been constructed to see floating clouds through it. But, more interesting is that the gate does not lead to any palace while the name suggests that it led to a Mahal or palace once upon a time.
Recent excavation shows that there was indeed a palace inside the campus and the gate and the palace was orginally built during the 15th century by Malwa Sultan Mehmood Shah Khilji of Khilji dynasty and with time passing the palace was ruined and the Mughal Emperor reconstructed the gate after conquering Chanderi in 1525 and the campus was converted into a garden.
Now one can see partly recovered palace beneath the garden and the fortification of the palace.
Taken in Chanderi, Madhyapradesh, India
Badal Mahal Darwaza !!
It is a very interesting structure with windows fixed on the top of the gate, which is said to have been constructed to see floating clouds through it. But, more interesting is that the gate does not lead to any palace while the name suggests that it led to a Mahal or palace once upon a time.
Recent excavation shows that there was indeed a palace inside the campus and the gate and the palace was orginally built during the 15th century by Malwa Sultan Mehmood Shah Khilji of Khilji dynasty and with time passing the palace was ruined and the Mughal Emperor reconstructed the gate after conquering Chanderi in 1525 and the campus was converted into a garden.
Now one can see partly recovered palace beneath the garden and the fortification of the palace.
Taken in Chanderi, Madhyapradesh, India