Roopmati Mahal

Roopmati Mahal or Roopmati’s Pavilion

Mandu, Madhya Pradesh

Visited on 18 Nov, 2013

The pavilions are known after Rupmati who, it appears, used to come here daily from the palace nearby to have her darshan of the sacred Narmada, the stream of which is seen from here on a clear sunny day, winding about like a white serpent on the plains below. From the style of their arches and pillars, however, the pavilions were probably built a century earlier than Rupmati’s time as they approximate more to the earlier building in Mandu. (Referred to Archaeological Survey of India. 2004. Mandu.)