Deeg Palace History(in Hindi) | Bharatpur के राजा सूरजमल द्वारा निर्मित Deeg के Jal Mahal का इतिहास

This Video is based on my recent visit to Deeg Palace(or Deeg ka Jal Mahal), located in Deeg town in Bharatpur District of Rajasthan. It lies 32 kms away from Bharatpur, 90 km from Agra and 170 km from New Delhi.

History:

Deeg was well known as the capital of the Jat kings before they finally shifted to Bharatpur. Maharaja Badan Singh, who came to the throne in the year 1721, started building the palace here. Because of its strategic location as it was close to Agra, Deeg had to face a number of attacks by invaders. His son, Maharaja Suraj Mal, began the construction of a Fort around the palace around the year 1730. The fort had huge walls and a deep moat which used to keep the raiders away. The palace was completed in the year 1772 by Maharaja Surajmal and was used as a luxurious summer resort by the kings of Bharatpur State. The palace was known to be in use by the family members of the kings till the early 1970s.

Deeg was the place where legendary battle between the Jats and a combined army of Mughals and Marathas of 8,000 men took place. After gaining confidence by his victory, Suraj Mal started attacking into enemy territory. After around 8 years of success, Suraj Mal captured Delhi and plundered the well known Red Fort of Delhi. From there, he carried away masses of valuables that also included an entire marble building, which was dismantled and numbered and taken to Deeg.

Architecture:

The Jat kings were known to be quite influenced by the magnificence of the Mughal courts located in Agra as well as Delhi. The design of the gardens in Deeg Palace is known to be inspired by the Mughal Charbagh. The palace forms a quadrangle which has a garden and walkways at in the middle of it. Decorative flowerbeds, shrubs, trees and around 2200 fountains used to make this place very cool during summer. Two large water tanks, Gopal Sagar and Rup Sagar, on each of side also helped to bring down the temperature of the palace.

Keshav Bhawan, also called as the monsoon pavilion, is actually a single-storeyed baradari which is placed on an octagonal base. It is situated next to the Rup Sagar tank. The edifice is known to have 5 arches along each of its side which actually divides it in to parts. An arcade can be seen running around the pavilion's interior over a canal with a number of fountains. The walls of the canal are said to be pierced with in numerous minute water jets. In those times, bullocks were employed with huge leather "buckets" to draw water to this tank via a complex pulley system.

Holi at Deeg Palace: In Holi, a number of colours were added to the water. Small cloth pouches with organic colours were inserted manually into the holes in the reservoir wall. When the water used to flow through them passing through an network of pipelines, the fountains used to give coloured water which appeared quite soothing to the eyes.

Opening Hours:- 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (All Days except Fridays)

Ticket Price:-

Adults: Rs.20/person
Video Camera: Rs.25/-

How to Reach:-

Nearest Airports: Agra (70 km) and Delhi (200 km).
Nearest Railway Station: Bharatpur Junction (35 km).
By Road: Deeg is located at around 4 hours by road from Delhi, 2 hours from Agra and 1 hour from Mathura.

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