Kriparam Gaur Ki Haveli

Location

Located next to the Royal chhatris. It's not possible to visit this site since the gate is locked.

Kripa Ram Gaur was the military commander of Bir Singh Deo. He was the son of a brave soldier Jadau Gaur who also served the Orchha ruler. Keshav Das, a contemporary poet of Bir Singh Deo and his predecessors, writes very highly about Kripa Ram. He writes that the Raja handed over the responsibility of the safety of the state in the hands of Kripa Ram. He had commanded respect as a brave soldier among the people of Bundelkhand. Seeing his qualities Bir Singh Deo appointed him as the Senapati. He accompanied Bir Singh Deo in his wars and campaigns against the enemies. The residence of the military commander was located near the chhatris of the Bundela rulers. Though it is in complete ruins except the entrance, from the gate and the remains one can conjecture about its huge size. The entrance gate is quite eloquent of the good times the residence had witnessed. (Building Traditions In Bundelkhand)

The Haveli of Kriparam Gaur, a principal noble of Maharaja Veer Singh Bundela, is situtated to north of the cenotaph of Madhukar Shah at Vyaspura. Veer Singh carried successful expeditions against the Mughals from Barauni with the cooperation of Kriparam Gaur. Now only gateway and the remains of the enterior compound of the Haveli are available. The exterior of the two-storeyed gate is arched and the inner doorframe having brackets is of Rajput style. There are three arched ventilator on the first floor of the entrance gate. The roof is gajaprathakar and the ceiling is chaityakar. The entrance gate is made of bricks and lime. There is the main courtyard about 120 feet inside the entrance gate. The square courtyard is srrounded by rectangular cells and verandah, which are all but ruined. (M P Tourism)

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