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#Hindu #Funerary Monuments - Chhatri
Chhatri is a memorial chapel built over a #tomb found throughout the region of #Rajasthan, #MadhyaPradesh and #Maharashtra. These memorials commemorate the death of rulers, their consorts, relatives and the elite. 1/🧵
Chhatri is a memorial chapel built over a #tomb found throughout the region of #Rajasthan, #MadhyaPradesh and #Maharashtra. These memorials commemorate the death of rulers, their consorts, relatives and the elite. 1/🧵
If Samadhis were funerary monuments of saints in #Hindus, Chhatris were #Rajput's choice of the memorial. They made sure that the memory of the chivalry of their ancestors passed on to the next generations. Though, all Chhatris did not necessarily contain the mortal remains. 2/
Chhatri i.e. umbrella, first appeared as a canopy above the tomb in #Islamic #architecture. #Hindu kings transformed the tomb into Chhatri. By the 16th C, Rajput courts had started building Chhatris. It was a place where a noble was cremated, memorialized and later worshipped. 3/
In the land of #Marwar, as there are no perennial rivers or natural lakes available, people were dependent on the rains. Different ways were used to conserve water, which was a necessity to conserve every single drop of water.
Over centuries, Rulers of Marwar spent a lot of effort and money to build various types of water reservoirs. Ladies from ruling family spent their privy purses on works of water conservation, even common people did their part in this which is still considered as pious work.
People in #Marwar still donate and fill Pyaus for travellers, in temples and small water tanks (अवाळा) for animals in villages.
