Jehangiri Mahal

Jehangiri Mahal

Jehangiri Mahal may be a gorgeous example of Mughal design at its best. designed between 1565-69, it's a powerful façade facing associate open court to the west. it's associate arched portal with 2 lovely jharokhas, a series of decorative arches associated an octangular tower on its either facet. there's a posh arrangement of rooms, halls, corridors, galleries and verandahs within the palace, around a quare central grounds. the most portal ends up in a sq. anteroom with ribs-and-panels domed ceiling that takes one to identical annexes designed on the northern and southern facet of the palace and have lovely Tibara dalans and facet rooms. in-built red arenaceous rock, the court showcases skilfully graven brackets supporting chhajja, a dome within the second level and therefore the jalied handrail crowning every façade. A sq. chhatri on high of every façade appearance quite spectacular. 

An additional floor within the single-storeyed auditorium appears like a dangling balcony. The snakelike brackets originating from the bottom of its columns facilitate to support the flat ceiling. The wagon-vaulted ceiling crowns the smaller hall to the south. This swish hall is exclusive attributable to the passageway on 3 of its sides and superbly graven perforated screens within it. there's a series of living rooms on its southern facet. The western hall contains a flat ceiling and elaborate carvings. the space on the southwestern corner of the court contains a pyramidic ceiling whereas that on the northwestern corner contains a domed lotus ceiling. The rooms on the japanese facet have lovely stuccowork and arabesque styles.

 
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