Baradari at Tosham (Bhiwani)

Sometimes, when you come across a monument which is so strategically built and which has been one of the most visible landmarks of a city for  more than  5-6 centuries, you go there and decide to have a  closer look   and then you  see  the  results of  negligence of the  responsible  departments  plus  the  modern art , it clears Whatever  little  doubts you have in your mind about how much importance we give to our history and to our local  monuments. I am  going  to  post  pictures  of one  such  monument  today  which  i  visited  last month (July).

This unknown monument is standing on top of a very small hill in the town of Tosham of Bhiwani district. It is situated very near to Government ITI Building and Police Station. Local people call this monument  'Baradari'.

Baradari at Tosham

(Statue in front of it belongs to former Haryana minister Mr. Surender Singh)

                                                          

There are no visible steps leading to the monument so one has to do a bit of rock climbing. This monument is situated at one end of the City (towards Hansi) and is clearly visible from Tosham hill. It has four extended rooms connected to a central dome. Each of these four rooms have 3 doors on outside while the fourth one leads to the dome. So there are 12 doors in total for entering and it may be the reason behind it's name 'Baradari' which means Twelve passages. Central dome is provided with air passage shafts in corners which opens at the roof.

There is no concrete information through which a timeline can be added to this monument. Some associate this to Islamic era (esp to Tughlaq dynasty) on the basis of its architecture while other believes that it belongs to the Rajput period and was modified by later dynasties.

Closer look at Baradari

Closer look at the gates

Central dome

(Air passage shaft is at the bottom of the pic)

About Tosham :- Tosham  is one of the oldest town of district Bhiwani. It is situated at the base of a large hill which is famous for its temple dedicated to Mungipa Baba. It is situated at a distance of 25 Km from Bhiwani, at 28 Km from Hansi (on State Highway 12) and at 40 Km from Hisar.

About Monument :- This monument is located very close to the Govt ITI Building and Police station.

Co-ordinates of the monument :- 28°52’47.71” N  and 75°54’ 52.86” E