Agrasen Ki Baoli

Also mentioned to as Agar Sain Ki Baoli or Ugrasen ki Baoli, this attraction a chronicled milestone settled on the Halley Road in New Delhi. A mixture of numerous grouping of stones and rocks, Agrasen ki Baoli an old water supply which rises from the depth of the earth to remain on 103 stone. Unseen amongst the business towers and commercial places of central Delhi, this place a quiet, calm and a peaceful experience ideal for photographers to shoot. The ancient brick walls of the Baoli take you back in prehistoric and as you go downstairs the means, a drop in temperature can be experienced. Agrasen ki Baoli a safe structure under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 of the Archaeological Survey of India.

The structure of Agrasen Ki Baoli holds a width of 15 meters and 60 meters in length a very noteworthy considering the way that acceptable to have been constructed someplace around the season of Mahabharata. The pool still fills its old need as the lower parts of the Baoli can be seen immersed in water sometimes. A mosque situated on its South Western Side which remains on four columns with a substantial stone on the rooftop. Strikingly, this site popular for being mysterious, and guests have professed to feel odd activities here regularly.

Prehistoric Indians used to construct water reservoirs structures and also most effective step wells and repositories. Hardly any impeccable instances of single-flight step wells still exist in Delhi today. The ancient existing Baoli – the Anangtal Baoli in Mehrauli, Delhi, was worked in the tenth century by the Rajput King Anang Pal II of Tomar Dynasty.

History

The Baoli was initially constructed by Maharaja Agrasen, in the Mahabharat time, and later restored by the Agrawal people group in the fourteenth century, most apparently amid the Tughlaq time frame. Situated on Hailey Road close to Connaught Place in Delhi, India, in the region of Jantar Mantar. Presently a secured landmark by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and has a mammoth load up demonstrating its national significance, yet even the ticket-less section pulls in just a couple of guests. You can reach the Baoli by taking KG Marg from external Connaught Circus, and after that turn left towards the Hailey Road.

Overview

The Baoli a one of a kind mix of design with a remarkable architecture famed to have existed hundreds of years prior. The stone dividers of the Baoli, dressed with creative layouts with a sequence of a curved structure unattractive and abandoned, yet magnificent.  A few sections of the Baoli always immersed in water, however, there exist three dimensions in the unmistakable territory (the zone which over the water) of the Baoli, every one of which fixed with angled specialties on either side. This enables the visitors to explore different rooms and niches that once may have been utilized as locales for puja. Currently, the rooms considered unsafe anchored with entryways, and most presumably the most loved residence for the pigeons.

The Baoli had water till recent time, but now it has evaporated and one can see the bed of the supply, brimming with flying creature quills and droppings. It is outstanding for the pigeons and bats living in the lofty spots of the dry supply, and the nearness of winged animals and in addition “love flying creatures” will influence you to understand that the Baoli definitely not a disconnected place by any stretch of the imagination.

It a cool and quiet place in the core of the capital. The quietness extends as one move to the base of the stairs, the magnificent perspective of the horizon disappears bit by bit, and the light of the day begins blurring, guaranteeing the way that considered one of the creepy frequented puts in Delhi. The steady increment in the murmuring sound of pigeons, and squeaky babble of bats reverberating off the stone dividers make this place unpleasant.

Spooky touch

The gossip about shadowed by something or someone unseen, the strength of which rises if you increase your pace, makes the Baoli feels spiritual. There are stories of evil spirits in this prehistoric structural design. As per the assertions, the Baoli was previous fill with soiled Blackwater which enticed mostly saddened, depressed and unhappy followers with hypnotic effects. The deadly magnetism of the magical waters hypnotized people to their death by alluring them to jump into the waters. Assumed that the “Baoli of the unseen”, used to call for people to offer their lives and increase its water levels.

The existence of paranormal events and the presence of the evil one is controversial and has been discussed every now and then. The loud and harsh cry of the bats certainly enhance the evil reputation of the Baoli and may play a role in increasing strangeness inside the monument. Some believe that the ghostly stories are a saga, while some claim to be eyewitness to these shocking stories.

How to Reach

The timings of the Baoli between 9 am to % pm with no entry fees required. The Baoli easily accessible from the metro routes. The nearest metro station to the Baoli Barakhamba Road or Rajiv Chowk.

Map of Agrasen Ki Baoli