Read about the square plan and layout of the
Chinni ka Rauza at Agra, India.
Square Plan of Chinni Ka Rauza
Originally, the monument had high walls surrounding it,
two main gateways in North and South, two three-storeyed octagonal
towers and a masonry ghat near the riverbank along with the main tomb
building. However, only the ruins of the main tomb with a simple square
plan and almost no architectural ornamentation have survived. Each side
of this square tomb building is about 79 feet in length. The central
chamber is octagonal in shape with eight arched recesses including four
pentagonal arches and four square openings in all four directions. This
central chamber is inter-connected to the four square chambers in the
corners with the side halls or porches. The upper part of the tomb has
been so constructed to give a double storeyed effect to the tomb
building. The shallow dome crowning the building has inverted lotus and
a kalash finial on its top and pinnacles on all the four corners.