DELHI - NAGPUR.
This is a screenshot of the map of that trip..It shows complete Trip done between 31 March 2003 to 01 April 2003. Unfortunately it does not open by clicking on it nor is it an interactive one. So it does not give much information. On the ther hand interavtive map gives full detais. To open interactive
MA- PHO- OGRAPH (Google Map with Photographs) GO HERE.
Route in detail : Nagpur-Bhojpur-Bhopal-Vidisha-
Night halts at : Bhopal, Sagar, Khajuraho, Gwalior and Mathura.
For photos go to Album 26 GO HERE.
DELHI - NAGPUR.
It was sheer coincidence that we saw 3-4 tourism promotion posters of a place called Deegh within a span of couple of months. Looked nice and beautiful. Decided to visit on return trip from Delhi to Ngpur. Surprisingly on our return trip otherthan Deeg we did not plan nor did we see any other place. It was Delhi - Deeg - Jhansi - and straight to Nagpur. Which was unlike our usual pattern.
On 31 march set course for deeg,
DEEG PALACE.
Mani Entrance gate. Deeg Palace.
Gopal Bhuwan. Front Portion. Rani ka Jhool, Jhoola Of Noor Jahan., Looted from Agra
Deeg Palace was built in 1772 by Jat King Badan Singh.as a luxurious summer resort for the rulers of Bharatpur State. The palace was in active use till the early 1970s.
The Jat rulers were influenced by the magnificence of the Mughal courts of Agra and Delhi. The design of the gardens has been inspired by the Mughal Charbagh. The palace forms a quadrangle with a garden and walkways at its centre. Decorative flowerbeds, shrubs, trees and fountains cool the place considerably during summer. Two huge water tanks, Gopal Sagar and Rup Sagar, on either side also helped to bring down the temperature.
Gopal Bhavan or water Palace in animportant and main building of Deeg Place. Viewed from the rear Gopal bhawan appears to be floating in water as lower portions of the building of the lake waters.
Keshav Bhawan, the monsoon pavilion, is a single-storeyed baradari placed on an octagonal base. It stands next to the Rup Sagar tank The edifice has five arches along each side which seem to divide it in to parts. An arcade runs around the interior of the pavilion over a canal with hundreds of fountains. The walls of the canal are pierced with hundreds of minute water jets. Bullocks were employed with large leather "buckets" to draw water to the tank through a complex pulley system.
In festivals such as Holi, colours are added to the water. Small cloth pouches with organic colours were manually inserted into the holes in the reservoir wall. When the water flowed through them passing along an intricate network of pipelines, the fountains spouted coloured water.
The fountain spray and the jets create a monsoon-like ambience that is enhanced by a unique technique that produces thunder-like sound all around the pavilion. Hundreds of metal balls placed strategically on the channel surrounding the roof are set rolling with the water pressure which results in a thunderous effect. The ambience in a desert town must have been significant for the Jat kings and queens.
King's bedroom contains an enormous black granite bed of the Maharaja. It had once served as a part of Parsi death rites, functioning as a platform for washing dead bodies.
Keshav Bhawan, the monsoon pavilion, is a single-storeyed baradari placed on an octagonal base. It stands next to the Rup Sagar tank The edifice has five arches along each side which seem to divide it in to parts. An arcade runs around the interior of the pavilion over a canal with hundreds of fountains. The walls of the canal are pierced with hundreds of minute water jets. Bullocks were employed with large leather "buckets" to draw water to the tank through a complex pulley system.
In festivals such as Holi, colours are added to the water. Small cloth pouches with organic colours were manually inserted into the holes in the reservoir wall. When the water flowed through them passing along an intricate network of pipelines, the fountains spouted coloured water.
The fountain spray and the jets create a monsoon-like ambience that is enhanced by a unique technique that produces thunder-like sound all around the pavilion. Hundreds of metal balls placed strategically on the channel surrounding the roof are set rolling with the water pressure which results in a thunderous effect. The ambience in a desert town must have been significant for the Jat kings and queens.
King's bedroom contains an enormous black granite bed of the Maharaja. It had once served as a part of Parsi death rites, functioning as a platform for washing dead bodies.
Left for JHANSI at 1015.
JHANSI.
VIP Room 'Sarvatra" Arty Bde Officers Mess Jhansi..
Had left Deeg at 1015. Had break at Mathura from 1105 to 1135.
Passed Agrs at, 1205. A 15 minutes break at Gwalior Gole ka Mandir from 1445 to 1500 '
Reached Armoured Brigade Officers Mess 1715.. Stayed in a room named Sarvatra.
Jhansi - Nagpur.
Started from Jhansi at 0600.
Passed Lalitpur at 0730.
Passed Sagar at 0950.
Crossing of AH 43 and NH 45 at 1200.
Lunch at Green Park restaurant 1300
Passed Lakhandon at 1510.
Sitabuldi, Nagpur 1835.
HOME 1915.
Distance covered in a day 585 KMs.
END TRIP
