Situated
near Mariyam's House, Zenana garden was meant to be used by royal ladies
and ensure complete privacy for them. Thus, plastered rubble walls
enclosed it with a dooway and a guardhouse in the northwestern side of
the paved court flanking the front side of the building. However, these
walls have been demolished now. Typical of Mughal gardens, it was reared
in a charbagh pattern, divided into four quarters by shallow water
channels intersecting at right angle. There was a fishpond in the center
of the garden. Niches were made in the northern wall for the lamps that
illuminated it in night on festive and ceremonial occasions. There is a
carved sloping stone slab on the southern side with fish scale to allow
the smooth flow of water in the tank.The Zenana garden at Fatehpur Sikri is a part
of the Imperial Harem.
Zenana Garden Fatehpur Sikri
Situated
near Mariyam's House, Zenana garden was meant to be used by royal ladies
and ensure complete privacy for them. Thus, plastered rubble walls
enclosed it with a dooway and a guardhouse in the northwestern side of
the paved court flanking the front side of the building. However, these
walls have been demolished now. Typical of Mughal gardens, it was reared
in a charbagh pattern, divided into four quarters by shallow water
channels intersecting at right angle. There was a fishpond in the center
of the garden. Niches were made in the northern wall for the lamps that
illuminated it in night on festive and ceremonial occasions. There is a
carved sloping stone slab on the southern side with fish scale to allow
the smooth flow of water in the tank.