Saheliyon ki Bari
¤ Saheliyon ki Bari- the
Garden of Royal Ladies
Saheliyon ki Bari lies just beneath the Fateh Sagar Lake. Maharana
Sangram Singh II designed this garden in the early 18th century purely
as a pleasure garden and a summer palace for the 48 young maids that
formed a part of the prince’s dowry. It is also said that the
garden was presented as a peace offering from the Emperor of Delhi.
Inside the garden is a reservoir surrounded by four black marbled
cenotaphs in its four corners and one white marbled one in the centre.
The terraces of these cenotaphs have water fountains shaped like birds
from whose beaks water gushes out in thin sprays like the singing rain
– producing a wonderful sight. The Maharanas entertained
themselves around the four ornamental pools and the five fountains.
These fountains were imported from England in 1889. Maharana Bhopal
Singh specially was very fond of this place and built a rain fountain,
so that it looked like rain dancing on the dancing maids.
¤ The Palace of Maharana Fateh Singh
The palace of Maharana Fateh Singh is just beside the garden and
outside the palace complex there are some beautiful fountains and an
oval shaped water pool strewn with lotus petals. Drops of water falls
in the pool from the tusks of four marble elephants on each side of
it. The whole atmosphere of the garden is calm and serene, one that
transports you into a tranquil world. Around the palace walls there
are fruit trees and rose flowerbeds, making the place seem right out
of a fairy tale. |
