RAJPUT GARDEN.pptx

Influenced by Mughals in formation, Rajputana gardens are along straight lines with similar water bodies that of Mughals.

1. Submitted By :- Rachit Gupta Paras Monga Rahul Gupta RAJPUT GARDENS

2. INTRODUCTION The Rajputs , a warrior class retained much of their power in during periods of Mughal and European influence. The style of their palaces and gardens became partly hindu and partly foreign-influenced, their form relating to the classic Indian town house and farmhouse ( haveli ), rooms opening to the courtyard with a wall to give protection from the Outside world.

3. Rajput as well as the mughal palaces housed harem. Wives and coccubines were not allowed in the gardens during the day, so moonlight gardens were planted for them filled with paled colored flowers to reflect the moon and starlight. Rajput and mughal gardeners were acquistie of lovely plants. Materials used in gardens were mostly red brick, concrete and marble.

4. There are TWO types of GARDENS in old Rajput palace of Amber. One exquisitely patterned with narrow marble paths, is on artificial island built high above the water and the other garden is set deep within the walls of citadel. AMBER FORT

5. SITE PLAN OF FORT

6. RAJPUT GARDEN AT AMBER FORT

7. Plan envisages a Rajput parterre in a sunken garden centered on a shallow and simple octagonal pool. The raised beds are to give boundary and a planting area for shrubs with perfumed flowers. The parterre is treated as bedding garden, with the plants needing to be stripped out and replanted twice a year, once at the spring and once in winters. The terrace areas at each end of plan offer places from which to view the garden beneath stars and to savor the perfumes. PLANNING OF GARDEN

8. One has a small square pool for waterlilies or lotuses. The other has a large raised platform to stand in as a MUGHAL throne, and is intended to be adorned with carpets and some big cushions.

9. In both the gardens of Amber Palace, whether the moated parterres or the guarded gardens of the citadel, most of the garden details, paths, wall coverings and pools were made of marble. Concrete is substituted, however sensitively done, with smooth surfaces in natural colors. For all hard surfaces use bricks in a good earthen red, set on edge. MATERIALS USED IN GARDENS

10. The paths narrow enough for a single moonlight watcher to move through the flower beds. Intersections have been emphasized in some way, perhaps with star shaped inset of marble or brilliantly colored tiles. Water was a vital feature in garden, it flows along rills and channels, was sprayed through fountains, rest in marble tanks etc.

11. This garden is intricately formal. This one is an island on three levels, so that parterres are more easily appreciated, with intricate balustrading surrounding viewing terraces.

12. View of garden with balustrading

13. Umaid bhavan Mandore gardens Balsamand gardens OTHER EXAMPLES OF GARDENS

14. UMAID BHAVAN GARDEN

15. Balsamand is a Rajput summer palace, built for the Maharajas of Marwar . Balsamand Lake dates from the 13th century. The water palace stands on the embankment of the dam. A well maintained garden lies in the valley east of the lake with a marble cascade descending from the lake to the garden. There is a small but fine old baoli ( stepwell ) near the garden entrance. BALSAMAND GARDENS

16. BALSAMAND GARDENS

17. MANDORE inhabited since the time of RAMAYANA, originally known as Mandavyapur . Mandore has an extensive and beautiful garden on the slopes of a hill. Here one may find a charming collection of temples and memorials. The devals (cenotaphs) of Maharaja Shri Jaswant Singh and Maharaja Shri Ajit Singh are housed here. Its hall of heroes depicting popular Hindu and folk deities, dating back to the 17th – 18th century has 16 figures carved out of a single rock, also known as the hall of demigods and demigoddesses. (These are called 330 million Devi and Devtas ).  Mandore Garden (The land of Parihars )

18. Higher up on the plateau are ruins of Mandore , the antique city of PARIHARS. The Mandore fort was built in stages. A study of the Mandore fort, its thick walls and huge ruins showed that the fort was a fine piece of architecture. Many statues and etchings on stone and rock found at Mandore now adorn Mandore museum. The ruins also indicate the existence of a huge temple inside the fort. The outer wall of the temple depicts finely carved botanical designs, birds, animals and beautifully carved planetary system. 

19. MANDORE GARDEN

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