RAJA LALAT INDRA KESARI NAUR

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 07/05/2016

The "naur" or »palace« of Raja Lalat Indra Kesari is one of the man-made rock chambers excavated from (the hill) Udayagiri, –>Khandgiri - Udayagiri Caves and »… consists of a sort of open court formed by a perpendicular face of sandstone rock, about forty feet [12.34 m] in height, with shoulders of the same projecting on either side. Rows of small chambers have been excavated in each face, arranged in two stories, and divided by a projecting terrace … the rude and miserable apartments of the palace are now occupied by byragis and mendicants of different sects …« (STIRLING, A 1825: 313).