Designs of India
The accessory structure of dome is on the top of the building
is known as a Chuttri, an integral part of the architectural
design of India.
Different Indian designs were added to the building. They
included several circular stone basin at the top of the palace,
the characteristics of the water are an important part of
Indian architecture. There was also an Indian tradition chujja
or chhajja, which took place with a frieze of classical architecture,
there has been a sharp, thin protruding element which stretched
8 feet of the building, and created shadows. He stopped receiving
sunlight lasts windows, and the rain subsided during the rainy
season. On the roof were several chuttris, which has helped
to break the look of the flat roof are not covered by the
dome. Lutyens open some Indian designs, but used sparingly
and effectively throughout the palace. There were also statues
of elephants and cobras fountain sculptures in the gardens.
The British sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger, known for its
war memorials in Britain, aimed elephants on the corner of
retaining walls, as well as the bas-reliefs around the base
of the column Jaipur. There were grill's made of red sandstone,
called jalis or jaalis. These jalis was inspired by the design
of India.
The face of the palace, on the east side, has twelve columns
unevenly spaced Delhi to capitals. The Capitals have a merger
of acanthus leaves with the four Indian pendant bells. The
Indian temple bells are part of the culture of Indian religions
such as Hindus and Buddhists, the idea coming from a Moodabidri
Jain temple in Karnataka. A bell is at each corner at the
top of the column. It was said that the bells were silent
British rule in India would not end. The facade of the palace
has no windows, except for the wings on the sides. Lutyens
put several small personal touches to the house, such as an
area in the garden walls and two windows on the ventilator
stateroom to look like the glasses which he wore.
Viceregal Lodge was largely completed by 1929, and (with
the rest of New Delhi) was formally opened in 1931. It is
interesting to note that the building which was completed
in seventeen years and on the eighteenth year of its completion
India became independent.
After independence of india in 1947, the ceremonial governor-general
has continued to live there, but being succeeded by the president
in 1950 when India became a republic and the house was renamed
"Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The dome, although claimed by Lutyens to be inspired by the
Pantheon in Rome, is mainly coming from Sanchi Stupa built
during the Mauryan times. There is also the presence of Mughal
and elements of colonial architecture. Overall, the structure
is very different from other British colonial symbols comtemporary.
It has 340 rooms decorated in an area of 200000 square feet
(19000 square metres). The structures include 700 million
bricks and 3 million cubic feet (85000 cubic metres) of the
stone, with minimal use of steel.
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