Site Name: Narnaul
Date: 1590-93 CE
Subject: General view
CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Shah Quli Khan built this water pavilion garden after fifteen years from the construction of his mausoleum. This ambitious project is located in close proximity to the tomb complex of Bagh Arami-i-Kausar. Greater importance and architectural finesses is given to the pavilion now called the Jal Mahal, which was set in the middle of a large water tank with a garden enveloping the entire ensemble. The entrance to the pavilion is from north through a Gate House with rooms for the guards, constructed over a bridge rested on sixteen arched spans. The architecture of the pavilion reflects the emergence of “Hindu-Muslim-Akbaride” style. The decorative interiors of the pavilions are beautiful especially the painted ceiling which seems to have been adopted from some Rajput Palace, most probably of Amber near Jaipur. A temple building with a water tank attached to it was added at the north-east corner of the Jal Mahal Tank, during the 18th century AD. The Jal Mahal complex is a protected monument of ASI.