Panch Mahal (Fatehpur Sikri)

India / Uttar Pradesh / Fatehpur Sikri
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Panch Mahal is a five-storey palace .This is an extraordinary structure, entirely columnar, consisting of four storeys of decreasing size disposed asymmetrically upon a ground floor, which contains 84 columns. The pillars, that originally had jaali between them, support the whole structure. Once these screens provided purdah (cover) to queens and princess on the top terraces enjoying the cool breezes and watching splendid views of Sikri fortifications and the town nestling at the foot of the ridge.


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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panch_Mahal_Fatehpur_Sikri
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Coordinates:   27°5'50"N   77°39'55"E
This article was last modified 11 years ago