Jaswant Singh ki Chhatri along the banks of Yamuna in Agra
Location
Rajwara, Balkeshwar, Agra, India
Builder
Jaswant Singh Rathore
Type
Chhatri
Dedicated to
Rani Hada, wife of Amar Singh Rathore
Jaswant Singh ki chhatri (or Jaswant ki chatri) is a domed pillared pavilion-shaped cenotaph, common to Rajasthani architecture, built in c. 1644–58 AD by Jaswant Singh Rathore in memory of his elder brother Amar Singh Rathore's wife, Rani Hada. The chhatri is situated in Rajwara, Balkeshwar, along the banks of river Yamuna, in Agra. It is now maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) as a monument of National importance.[1][2]
^Agra: historical & descriptive, by Syad Muhammad Latif. Oriental Publishers & Booksellers, 1981. p. 192
^Monuments of National Importance: Agra Circle #4 Jaswant SIngh Ki Chhatri, ASI Indian Archaeology Review, 1990-1991. p. 118
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