OVERVIEW
The Champaner-Pavagadh Archeological Park is an UNESCO World
Heritage Site starting around 2004. Situated in the Panchamahal region in Gujarat,
the pre-Mughal city is a fortune of design, culture and history which is an
intriguing blend of Hindu and Muslim styles. It is the main site which has
safeguarded Islamic plans before the time of Mughals. Supported in an amazing
scene, the recreation area jam landmarks which incorporate pre-noteworthy
(chalcolithic) locales, a slope fort and survives from the sixteenth century
capital of the province of Gujarat. The Kalikamata Temple on top of Pavagadh
Hill is viewed as a significant altar. Till date it draws in colossal number of
explorers consistently.
History
The Champaner-Pavagadh Archeological Park has been observer
to heaps of occasions. It has noticed hundreds of years of rulers battling
about its ownership and afterward deserting. The city got its name from Vanaraj
Chavda of Ahilwada (746 to 806 AD). It remained devastated till 400 AD. Leaders
of the city were Allaudin Khilji, Chauhan Rajputs, Solanki Kings and Khichi
Chauhans. A period of progress and harmony came when it was re-worked as a capital
of a realm by Mehmud Begda. The area confronted significant annihilation when
plundered by Mughal Emperor, Humayun in the mid 16th century.
It was restored in 1803 when Britishers found the spot. Baroda Heritage Trust attempted to recuperate the magnificence yet it ran low on reserves. The statement of the city and landmarks as an UNESCO World Heritage Site forestalled the absolute destruction of the area.
MONUMENTS
The Champaner Pavagadh Archeological Park contains landmarks
and designs dating from the eighth to the fourteenth hundreds of years. The
area's persona comes from the long stretches of history encased inside its
dividers. Invigorated dividers, mosques, burial chambers, Hindu and Jain
sanctuaries, storehouses, ventured wells, and porches are among the landmarks
in the Archeological Park. In this archeological park, the Baroda Heritage
Trust has distinguished 114 landmarks. In any case, because of an absence of
assets, just 39 of them are kept up with and really focused on by the Archeological
Survey of India. Roughly 94% of the Champaner locale's territory is overseen by
the woods administration. The Association of Indian Temples finances the upkeep
of the sanctuaries for aficionados.
A Helical ventured well, Sakar Khan's Dargah, City Gate
close to Kasbin Talao, Citadel dividers, Citadel dividers at the south-east
corner of the fortress going up the slope, East and South Bhadra Gates, Sahar
ki Masjid (Bohrani), Mandvi or Custom House, Jami Masjid, Kevda Masjid and
Cenotaph, Khajuri Masjid, Nagina Masji
The vestiges of Atak Gate, Budhiya Gate, Sadanshah-Gate, Sat
Manzil, Gulan Bulan Gate, Buland Darwaza, Makai Kothar, Palace of Patai Rawal
with tanks, Makai Gate, Tarapore Gate, The fortification of Pavagadh, destroyed
Hindu and Jain sanctuaries, Navlakha Kothar, and Makai Gate, Tarapore Gate, The
stronghold of Pavagadh and so on merits investigating.
City arranging
The Royal areas inside strengthened dividers, the entry
entryway or city door, the mosque outside the fortresses, the imperial walkway
driving into the castle, and the subsequent nook comprising of neglected
Jahanpanah are for the most part actually present at the site. The city's
metropolitan arranging uncovers very much kept and cleared roads that lead to
the downtown area.
The neighborhood contains both rich and destitute
individuals' homes, with rich individuals' homes including beautiful gardens
and water channels. The lodging complex is encircled by recreational areas and
structures. The Pavagarh Hills, then again, are thickly loaded with
sanctuaries, mosques, and burial chambers. The Patha (explorer's course) is a
stroll up the slope from the fields that is viewed as the "soul of
Champaner" on the grounds that it has huge number of steps and is
decorated with fancy and fundamental constructions.
RAINWATER HARVESTING
The improvement of water collecting strategies in the
Pavagadh slopes (named the "slope of hundred pools") and countless
wells in the city of Champaran, named the "city of thousand wells"
was one of the two notable landmarks habitats' most inventive elements. The
Vishamitri River is the main stream that rises up out of the Pavgadh slopes,
and it was utilized to flood Champaner's wells and Pavagadh's tanks. Pioneers
and other utilitarian, sporting, otherworldly, and stylish requirements were
met by the tanks. A portion of the tanks were built by raising banks and
directing the water into stone storages.
The Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswathi Kunds (in the Mauliya
level); the Wada Talao, the city's biggest water tank took care of by streams;
the creative Gaben Shah tank; the dazzlingly ornamented helical stepwells like
those in the public nurseries and at the city's entry; and the Royal summer
structures are only a couple of the city's renowned water structures. The
"Amir's Manzil" a water divert in an honorable's home, is refered to
act as an illustration of the "heavenly workmanship of water structures
worked by those answerable for the palatine and strict design of
Champaner."
TEMPLES
The most punctual sanctuary on Pavagadh slope in the Mauliya
level is committed to Lakulish and dates from the tenth eleventh hundreds of
years. The sanctuary, in any case, is in ruins, with just the gudha mandapa
(sanctum sanctorum) and Ardha mandapa (antarala) remaining. The pictures in
this sanctuary incorporate Lakulish, Dakshinmurthi, Brahma, Vishnu,
Gajendramoksha, Shiva in different structures, Indra, situated Ambika, and
Surasundaris. With garbhagriha, mandapa, and an entry yard, the sanctuary was
implicit the Hindu sanctuary engineering style. It was resplendently improved,
for the most part with stone carvings.
The Jain sanctuaries in Pavagadh are likewise essential. They are isolated into three gatherings: The Navalakka sanctuaries are important for the Bhavanaderi sanctuaries close to Naqqarkhana entryway; the subsequent gathering is devoted to the Tirthankaras Suparshvanatha and Chandraprabha; and the third gathering is close to the Prva sanctuary close to the Dudhia tank on the southeast side of Pavagarh Hill (Mataji's bluff). In these sanctuaries, the Garbabrihas are cherished with wonderful stone pictures of Tirthankaras.
The Kalika Mata Temple is the most visited sanctuary on the
slope. It has three goddess pictures: the focal picture is of Kalika Mata,
flanked on the right by Kali and on the left by Bahuchara Mata. The hallowed
place of Sadanandsha pir, a Muslim holy person adored in the locale, is housed
in the sanctuary's tower. It is known for tantric love and is the third of
Gujarat's significant Shakti Peethas.