Badnor House - The Heritage Homestay

11/03/2022

This is the main arch construction at Chasma-i Nur, near Ajmer built by Jahangir in 1615. The second picture shows the marble plaque that Jahangir commissioned (see trans below) and third pic shows the valley you walk along to get to it!

The marble plaque:
‘The king of the seven climes, of lofty fortune, whose praise cannot be contained in speech,
The lustre of the house of King Akbar Emperor of the age, King Jahangir,
When he visited this Fountain through his bounty, water began to flow and dust turned to elixir,
The Emperor gave it the name Chasma-i Nur from which the water of immortality acquires its relish,
In the 10th year from the accession of that King, the holy champions at the behest of wise counsel,
On the banks of Chasma-i Nur, this edifice adorned the world as was destined.
Wisdom wrote the chronogram of its completion ‘The Palace of King Nur ad Din Jahangir.
It was written by Abd Allah’
(Trans. Tirmizi 1968).

11/03/2022

11/03/2022

Rediscovering the Chashma - i - Noor # Ursula Weekes

24/09/2020

We thank all our patrons who have helped us to reach this position!

29/07/2020

17/07/2020

The Kos Minar made of lime-plaster and stone had specific design structure and were built on a masonry platform. Standing tall between 20-30 feet and although protected under the ASI, many of these structures have been demolished over the years due to reduced usage and owing to urban expansion, modern road constructions and the land mafia. Infact today only about 100 or so remain since their significance in contemporary times is not valued.

16/07/2020

The Kos Minar ( The Mile Minaret )
are medieval Indian milestones that can be found along the Grand Trunk Road constructed by Pashtun ruler Sher Shah Suri ( 1538 AD - 1545 AD) as well on certain erstwhile Royal Mughal routes such as between Agra and Ajmer or Agra and Delhi,that were erected by Mughal Emperor in 1575 AD) These Distance Markers' of One Kos (approximately 2 miles or 3.2 Km) became redundant once the British introduced the Imperial units.

15/07/2020

In search of the Kos Minar ......