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[[File:Jaisalmer-6.jpg|thumb|220px|Chhatris up close at Bada Bagh]]<br />
'''Bada Bagh''', also called '''Barabagh''' (lit. "grand garden" in [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]]) is a garden complex located about six kilometers north of [[Jaisalmer]] in the Indian state of [[Rajasthan]]. Overlooking a mango grove sits a set of royal [[chhatri]] [[cenotaph]]s constructed by the [[Maharaja|Maharajas]] of the [[Jaisalmer State]] in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries CE.<ref name=rjt>.[http://www.rajasthantourism.gov.in/Destinations/Jaisalmer/NearJaisalmer4.aspx Bada Bagh] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215034310/http://www.rajasthantourism.gov.in/Destinations/Jaisalmer/NearJaisalmer4.aspx |date=2012-12-15 }} Department of Tourism, [[Government of Rajasthan]] website.</ref><ref name=lonely>{{cite news |title=Sonar Qila|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/sonar-qila/48364/0/ | newspaper=[[The Financial Express (India)|Financial Express]] |date=9 January 2004 | access-date=28 December 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Rajasthan, Delhi & Agra (Lonely Planet Travel Guides)|author=Lindsay Brown |author2=Amelia Thomas|publisher=Lonely Planet|year=2008|isbn=1-74104-690-4 |page=335 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zz0_zXPb68kC&pg=PA335&dq=Lodhruva&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fg0MT971LczhrAe5_4izBA&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Lodhruva&f=false }}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Bada-bagh.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Bada Bagh panorama]]<br />
A descendant of Maharawal [[Rawal Jaisal|Jaisal Singh]], the founder of Jaisalmer State, Jai Singh II (1688–1743), commissioned a dam to create a water tank during his reign in the early 18th century. This made the desert green in this area.<br />
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After Jai Singh II's death on 21 September 1743, his son Lunkaran built a beautiful garden by the lake and a memorial [[chhatri]] cenotaph on a hill overlooking the lake. Later on, many more cenotaphs were constructed here for Lunkaran and other [[Bhattis]]. The last chhatri, meant for Maharawal Jawahir Singh, dates from the 20th century and remains unfinished after [[Partition of India|Indian independence]].<br />
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== Description ==<br />
Bada Bagh is situated on a small hill. The memorial [[chhatri]] cenotaphs have all been carved out of [[sandstone]] blocks, but have been built in at least four different sizes - for the ruling kings, their queens, their princes, and other royal family members. Each cenotaph has a marble slab with inscriptions about the deceased royal and a symbolic image of a man on a horse.<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://touristinindia.com/bada-bagh-rajputs-bhatti-caste-sikh/ Bada Bagh Garden Complex with Rajput Royal Cenotaphs]<br />
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