Keshav Bhawan

Keshav Bhawan in Deeg Bhawan

Deeg, Rajasthan

This open pavilion was built for the rainy season. Below is a description of this building written by the Archaeological Survey of India.

“This single storied square pavilion commonly known as ‘baradari’ is presently situated along the Rup Sagar. The Keshav Bhawan is an open pavilion and it’s each face is composed of five noble arches serving as vertical passages for light. The pavilion is remarkable for its fanciful internal arrangements aimed to create a sensational scene of the rainy season, centrally, the bhawan is diversified by an arcade running on all sides and separated from outer one by means of a canal engirding it. The pavilion was so devised that stone balls in the ceiling could be agitated by piped running water to create the noise of thunder and the water was released through spouts above the arches to fall as rain in sheets around the open hall.”

There is the Rup Sagar just behind this and Deeg Fort can be seen in the background.