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Chhatri




Chhatri is built as memorials for the maharajas and has one or several domes supported by pillars. They are mostly painted at the inner side and on the walls of the dome and stand on a raised platform. Chhatri, in Hindi, means ‘umbrella’ because of the shape of the domes.



Updated on 7th June, 2005

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