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Beautiful Gardens Around Ana Sagar Lake in Ajmer – Durga Bagh and Daulat Bagh

Oct 26

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Founded in 1100 AD by Aijpal Chauhan, Ajmer derives its name from ‘Ajaya Meru’ the invincible hill, at the foot of which the present city stands.

Gardens in Ajmer

Beautiful Gardens Around Ana Sagar Lake

Ana Sagar is the tank (manmade lake) in Ajmer. It is on the banks of this lake that Khwaja Sahib is said to have stayed after arrival in Ajmer in 1192 AD. The lake as history records was built by Raja Anaji the grandfather of Emperor Prithviraj Chauhan by damming the river Luni. The palace of the Khaajas’s stay is known as the Chilla Khawaja Sahib’, whch is located on the top of the Anasagar Ghati.

Daulat Bagh

Later the Mughal Emperors made additional constructions to beautify the lake. In 1637 A.D Shah Jahan built five beautiful pavilions called Baradaris overlooking the lake with impeccable white polished marble on the embankment of Ana Sagar and the Daulat Bagh Gardens were laid by Jahangir.

Durga Bagh

Another charming garden on the banks of the majestic Ana Sagar Lake is Durga Bagh. The park built in 1868 AD by Maharaja Shiv Dan is a lush garden with numerous flowers and is one of the best known gardens in Ajmer.

Durga Bag is a garden on the near side of Ana Sagar and is a nice place to relax. There are marble monuments by the shore and plenty of ice cream and papad-wallahs selling snacks.

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Adhi – Din – Ka Jhonpra, Ajmer Rajasthan

Nov 6

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Adhi Din Ka Jonpra , Ajmer, Rajasthan

Adhi Din Ka Jonpra , Ajmer, Rajasthan

Location and Architecture

At the foot of the Taragarh hill stands the relic of the past and interesting historical magnificent building Jamia (Jamia in Arabic Connotes a University). Al – Tamish popularly known as  Adhai- din – ka Jhonpra.

This is a masterpiece of Indo Islamic architecture located very close to the dargah. It was orginally a Sanskrit college, built within a temple. As Legend goes. 

This structure has this unique name because it took only two and a half days (Adhai Din) to complete its construction.

In 1193 A.D. when  Mohhamed Ghauri conquered Ajmer he turned the building into a mosque by adding a wall with seven arches, in front of the pillared hall in just two-and-a-half days (adhai-din) and hence the name. 

Whats Unique About Adhai – din – ka – Jhonpra

The mosque has extensive and massive stony structure replete with extermly fine and intricate workmanship on stone. Some believe that only the smaller marble arch in the mosque may have been constructed in 2-1/2 days but the whole massive structure, with its elaborate Arabic tracings and delicate engraving detail, is definitely seems to be a work of many years sustained labor.

Three pillars have been placed on one top of the other to give the impression of height of which no two pillars are alike. The pillared hall is 61 mtrs long and its 124 columns support the 10 shallow domes. An arcade of seven arches can be seen, which is finely engraved with Kufi and Jughra inscriptions from the holy Koran. The district pillars and arched screen with its ruined minarets make it a splendid architectural masterpiece.

Nevertheless you could yourself marvel at the stunning piece of architure , read the inscribed Koranic verses and amaze at how this poetry in stone could be accomplished in two and a half days.

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