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| facilities       = Public Bathing Area, Steam Room
| location         = [[Bhopal]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]
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| opened_date      = 1700s
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'''Hammam-e-Qadimi''' is a functional 18th century [[Turkish bath]] in [[Bhopal, India]].<ref name="Gianani2016">{{cite web|url=http://www.natgeotraveller.in/bhopals-300-year-old-hidden-hammam/|title=Bhopal's 300-Year-Old Hidden Hammam|last=Gianani|first=Kareena|date=22 June 2016|publisher=[[National Geographic]]|language=English|accessdate=28 February 2018}}</ref>

Erected in the early 1700s during the rule of the [[Gondi people|Gonds]],<ref name="Gianani2016"/> Hammam-e-Qadimi was gifted to Hajjam Hammu Khalida when [[Dost Mohammad of Bhopal|Dost Mohammad Khan]] became [[Nawab]] of the city.<ref name="Gianani2016"/> The Indo-Turkish bath is owned by a descendant of Hajjam Hammu Khalida, Mohammad Sajid, and has been kept in his family for five generations.<ref name="IT2016">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/culture/story/turkish-bath-spa-steam-bath-nawab-lifest-15910-2016-06-23|title=A tale of India's 300-year-old Turkish hammam|date=23 June 2016|publisher=[[India Today]]|language=English|accessdate=28 February 2018}}</ref> The oil used for the massages offered in Hammam-e-Qadimi is a special recipe of Sajid's family.<ref name="IT2016"/>

Hammam-e-Qadimi was built in the style of the [[Çemberlitaş Hamamı]] of [[Istanbul]] and was constructed near a mosque so that individuals visiting the mosque may perform their [[Wudu|ablutions]] before going there to pray.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asianage.com/india/all-india/080118/400-year-old-turkish-spa-a-big-hit-in-bhopal.html|title=400-year-old Turkish spa a big hit in Bhopal|last=Nath|first=Rabindra|date=8 January 2018|publisher=[[The Asian Age]]|language=English|accessdate=28 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="Gianani2016"/><ref name="IT2016"/> Sanchari Pal describes the interior of Hammam-e-Qadimi:<ref name="Pal2016"/>
{{blockquote|The public bathing area of Hammam-e-Qadami consists of many windowless chambers. The main steam room is a chamber in which thick, hand-hewn slabs of limestone are laid over a hollowed-out floor, with a small, circular glass aperture in the vaulted roof letting light into the chamber. The steam is generated by burning logs in the arched basement, which heats water in a large copper vessel. The steam is transferred through copper pipes embedded in the walls and is trapped inside the steam room using a series of doors and chambers. These chambers form stages of a gradual transition from the hot and humid 60 Celsius steam chamber to the relatively cool and dry rooms outside. From the rooftop, five openings called the ''naak'' and ''kaan'' (nose and ears) of the hammam can be seen. These openings maintain the ventilation within the building.<ref name="Pal2016">{{cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/59898/relive-medieval-bathing-rituals-at-this-300-years-old-hammam-indias-only-functional-turkish-bath/|title=Demystifying the 18th century Hammam in Bhopal|last=Pal|first=Sanchari|date=28 June 2016|publisher=The Better India|language=English|accessdate=28 February 2018}}</ref>}}

== See also ==
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*[[Tourism in Madhya Pradesh]]
*[[Hammam (Red Fort)]]

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[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in the 18th century]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Bhopal]]
[[Category:Hammams]]