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Agrasen Ki Baoli (also known as Ugrasen Ki Baoli; Template:Trans) is a 60-meter long and 15-meter wide historical step well in New Delhi, India.[1]
Located on Hailey Road,Template:EfnTemplate:Efn near Connaught Place, Jantar Mantar, it was designated a protected monument by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act of 1958.
Although there are no known historical records to prove who built the stepwell, it is believed that it was originally built by the legendary king Agrasen,[2] and the present architecture hints at it being rebuilt in the 14th century during the Tughlag or Lodi period of the Delhi Sultanate. The Baoli is open daily from 9 AM to 5:30 PM.
Toponymy
Baoli or bawdi, also referred to as baori or bauri, is a Hindi word (from Sanskrit Template:Transl[3][4] or Template:Transl, Template:Transl).[5][6] In Rajasthan and Gujarat the words for step well include Template:Transl and Template:Transl.[7] Water temples[8] and temple step wells were built in ancient India. The earliest forms of step well and reservoir were also built in India in places like Dholavira as far back as the Indus Valley civilisation.[9]
Architecture
This Baoli, with 108 steps, is among a few of its kind in Delhi. Three levels of the historic stepwell are visible. Each level is lined with arched niches on both sides. From an architectural perspective, this step well was probably rebuilt during the Tughlaq or Lodi period and is flanked by a small three-sided mosque towards the west.[10]
In popular culture
The location has been used to shoot scenes from various Bollywood films such as the blockbuster film PK starring Aamir Khan and Sultan starring Salman Khan. It was also featured in the 2017 Sridevi thriller Mom.[11][12] In 2012, a photo-shoot of Formula One models also took place here.[13] The step well also appeared on the second episode of The Amazing Race Australia 2 in 2012.[14]
There are also urban legends of the step-well being haunted.[15][16][17][18]
Gallery
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One of the many graffiti outside the monument.
See also
Notes
References
- ↑ Agrasen ki Baoli gets new lease of life. The Times of India, 2 January 2002. Template:Webarchive.
- ↑ Mittal, J.P. (2006), History of Ancient India (4250 BCE to 637 CE) page 675, Template:ISBN. The author considers king Agrasen an actual historical figure.
- ↑ Suryakanta (1975), Sanskrit Hindi English Dictionary, page 519, Orient Longman. Template:ISBN.
- ↑ Whitworth, George Clifford (1885), An Anglo-Indian Dictionary (see baoli).
- ↑ Jutta Jain-Neubauer (1981), The step wells of Gujarat in art-historical perspective (see the term).
- ↑ A Sanskrit English Dictionary by Monier Monier-Willams, originally published in 1899 by Clarendon Press, Oxford. Reprinted by Motilal Banarasidass.
- ↑ Water Harvesting Systems : Traditional Systems.
- ↑ All Important Information About Agrasen Ki Baoli. travelpraise.com. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
- ↑ Stepwells -Cosmology of Subterranean Architecture as seen in Adalaj. The Diverse Architectural World of the Indian Sub-Continent.
- ↑ Baolis in Delhi.
- ↑ 8 Facts You Didn't Know About Agrasen Ki Baoli. Native Planet. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
- ↑ Bollywood movies shot at Agrasen ki Baoli. bollylocations.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
- ↑ Agrasen Ki Baoli - Not a haunted stepwell in Delhi by Jatin Chhabra. jatinchhabra.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
- ↑ RECAP: THE AMAZING RACE AUSTRALIA, EPISODE 2.02 – "HE'S AS USELESS AS TITS ON A BULL.". dryedmangoez.com(July 2, 2012). Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ↑ A Visit To Agrasen Ki Baoli Considered A Haunted Monument in New Delhi. desi Traveler(2015-01-05). Retrieved 2018-02-04.
- ↑ Agrasen Ki Baoli. Tripoto. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
- ↑ Agrasen ki Baoli Haunted, Ugrasen ki Baoli new Delhi, Show, Subhas Chandra. Ghoststoriesworld.com. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
- ↑ Agrasen Ki Baoli, New Delhi. hauntedindia.blogspot.in. Retrieved 2018-02-04.