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Puran Mal Samadhi

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/21505
Date
1800-1850
Description
Samadhi is a Sanskrit/Hindi word for cenotaph, a structure commemorating the dead akin to a tomb, but without remains. Given the profusion of Muslim tombs in Hyderabad, the Marwari moneylender Seth Puranmal Ganeriwal, who flourished in the first half of the 19th century built a domed pavilion approached by an open stairway, resembling an Islamic tomb, though cremation, not burial is the norm among upper caste Hindus.
 
exterior, view from north, 2006
 
Type of Work
Cenotaph
Subject
Domes, Hinduism, Tombs, Cenotaphs, Islamic cities and towns, Architecture, Islamic --India, Sepulchral monuments, Pavilions, Hyderabad (India)
Rights
(c) Abbas Tyabji
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