{"id":3843,"date":"2023-01-29T03:37:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T22:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=3843"},"modified":"2025-03-26T19:45:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T14:15:34","slug":"what-are-the-general-features-of-mughal-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-are-the-general-features-of-mughal-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the general features of Mughal gardens?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Features of Mughal Gardens:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>These are developed in <strong>Islamic architectural style<\/strong> by the Mughals in India and other countries.<\/li>\n<li>These gardens are frequently seen as a <strong>place for relaxation and meditation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Examples<\/strong>: The <strong>Taj Mahal Garden, Agra Fort, Humayun&#8217;s Tomb Garden<\/strong>, and the <strong>Red Fort Garden.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Design<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>This gardening design was <strong>influenced by Persian, namely the Charbagh structure.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Gardens are <strong>formal in style;<\/strong> <strong>symmetrically designed<\/strong> in <strong>rectangular or square <\/strong>plots.<\/li>\n<li>The garden area is<strong> divided into four plots by water channels<\/strong>. These four channels represent four rivers of life.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>running water<\/strong> provides coolness and freshness to the garden.<\/li>\n<li>The four <strong>plots are planted with trees<\/strong>, shrubs, etc.,<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>axis is straight and central <\/strong>and sometimes <strong>represented by trees line<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>water pool created in the centre<\/strong> with over flowing water serves as the central specimen.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fountains, cascades<\/strong> are linked to the central pool to create scenic beauty.<\/li>\n<li>Mughal gardens are <strong>surrounded by a high, robust wall.<\/strong> The wall&#8217;s summit is decorated with serrated battlements.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>entrances are often towering and beautiful.<\/strong> The doors are massive wooden structures studded with hefty iron nails and spikes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is a Charbagh Structure?<\/h3>\n<p>Charbagh or Chahar Bagh (Persian: \u0686\u0647\u0627\u0631\u0628\u0627\u063a, chah\u0101r b\u0101gh, meaning \u201cFour B\u0101ghs\u201d (\u201cfour gardens\u201d)) is a Persian and Islamic quadrilateral garden layout based on the four gardens of Paradise mentioned in the Qur\u2019an.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/videos\/toi-original\/mughal-gardens-renamed-as-amrit-udayan-vhp-backs-move-opposition-has-this-to-say\/videoshow\/97403942.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Mughal Gardens renamed as Amrit Udayan: VHP backs move, Opposition has this to say<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mughal gardens are developed in Islamic architectural style by the Mughals in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3843","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}