Agrasen ki Baoli - A well fascinated water resource

Agrasen ki Baoli

Agrasen ki Baoli (otherwise called Agar Sain ki Baoli or Ugrasen ki Baoli), designated a secured landmark by the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) under the Ancient Monuments and Archeological Sites and Remains Act of 1958, is a 60-meter long and 15-meter wide authentic step well on Hailey Road close Connaught Place, a short stroll from Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, India.Although there are no known recorded records to demonstrate who manufactured Agrasen ki Baoli, it is accepted that it was initially constructed by the fanciful lord Agrasen throughout the Mahabharat epic era and revamped in the fourteenth century by the Agrawal group which follow its cause to Maharaja Agrasen.

 Baoli or bawdi, likewise indicated to as baori or bauri, is a Hindi word (from Sanskrit wapi or vapi, vapika). In Rajasthan and gujarat the words for step well incorporate baoli, bavadi, vav, vavdi and vavadi. Water temples and sanctuary step wells were implicit aged India and the most punctual types of step well and store were additionally inherent India in spots like Dholavira as far once more as the Indus Valley Civilisation.

A couple of fine samples of single-flight step-wells still stay in Delhi and the least demanding of these to visit is the decently protected Agrasen ki Baoli in Hailey Road, spotted off a road running between the Malta Embassy and Pavilion Suites in New Delhi. The closest historic point is the business and shopping region of Connaught Place.

Agrasen ki Baoli

The development of Agrasen ki Baoli is usually ascribed to the pre lodhi (c. fourteenth century) Raja Agrasen, leader of the Agrawal group. It is a moderately basic structure, comprising of single flight of 103 steps that climax in a now dry water tank. The stone dividers of the well are stark yet delightful, framing a 60 x 15 meter rectangle made up of an arrangement of superimposed                                                                         arcades.

 Walkways intrude on the dividers at three levels, permitting the guest to investigate different recesses and rooms that once might have been utilized as destinations for retreat or puja throughout the June through August time frame months. Today Agrasen ki Baoli , the more dangerous of these rooms are secured with entry ways, and obviously, you must avoid the pigeons who claim them as their own particular private rests.

The Agrasen ki Baoli is a short stroll from the Jantar Mantar, and both are not to be missed!