Bada Bagh

Bada Bagh
Native name
बड़ा बाग (Hindi)
Top: Chhatris up close at Bada Bagh
Bottom: Bada Bagh panorama
TypeGarden complex with royal chhatri cenotaphs
LocationSix kilometers north of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India
Built byJait Singh II, Lunkaran, Maharawal Jawahir Singh (unfinished chhatri)

Bada Bagh, also called Barabagh (lit. "grand garden" in Hindi) is a garden complex located about six kilometers north of Jaisalmer in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Overlooking a mango plantation sits a set of royal chhatri cenotaphs constructed by the kings of the Jaisalmer State in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries CE.

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