NAGAR SAGAR KUND

Bundi (Bundi Tehsil - IN)
25.441700,75.641700
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A pair of matching stepwells is situated right in the centre of Bundi town and just outside the Chogan Gate to the old city (LONELY PLANET 1997: 640: 1999: 685; 2001: 580; 2003: 592; 2005: 181; LONELY PLANET, North India 2001: 711). ETYMOLOGY: Water-loving -naga- are mythical, serpent-like beings capable of changing into human form (LONELY PLANET, India 2005: 1110) and -sagar- is a lake, [water] reservoir (LONELY PLANET, India 2005: 1111).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Lonely Planet, India 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005; Lonely Planet, North India 2001.

History

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0RANIJ-ki- BAORI
12.7BUNDI (Cave in)
20.3GARARDHA
29.9KUA, Bundi
62.3DARA ki CHATTAN
194.3MATASULA MINE SHAFTS
199.5CHAND BAORI
203.6SHIVPURI SHELTER 1
203.6SHIVPURI SHELTER 2