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Datia - Birsingh Deo Palace.

 

The magnificent palace is a fine example of amalgation of Rajput an Mughal architecture of India. Is was built by Bundela chief Birsingh Deo of Datia in the year 1620 A.D. It is built purely in stone and bricks, no trace either of wood or iron is used here. It is square in plan having four octogonal towers, one at each corner and string corses of stone lattice work defining the five storeys. It is ormamented by numerous chhatris crowned with ribbed domes while many of its ceilings are finely carved from inside.

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Uploaded on December 30, 2017
Taken in October 2017