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Queens Bath
 Location
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Hampi, Karnataka
Style
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Islamic
Unique Feature
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The Fountains Once Sprouted Perfumed Water
Hampi abounds in water channels and water tanks, a telling testimony to the engineering ability, which had been achieved by the management in the past.
The most highly structured of the bathhouses is the 'Queen's bath' located in the citadel area, south of the Hazara Rama temple. The building is a large square structure, remarkable for the contrast between its plain exterior and the very ornate interior.
The bath is 15m square and 1.8m deep and bounded by delicately decorated arched corridors and projecting balconies.
The carved stucco ornamentation on the ceilings and vaults above each of the arched bays is characteristic of Islamic structural design.
 The water pavilion improved known as Queen's bath was built in an Islamic style consisting of a square water basin surrounded by a vaulted hall. Elaborately decorated balconies project over the water.
It is beautiful structure with arched corridors, projecting balconies and lotus-shaped fountains that once sprouted perfumed water.
The exceptional skill of water engineering is displayed in the newly excavated system of aqueducts, tanks, sluices and canals.
The 22 m square Pushkarini is the attractive stepped tank. It is truly a bath for a queen, discreet in its outer appearance and rich and elaborate in the enclosed inside.
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