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Hampi
abounds in water channels and water tanks, a telling testimony to the
engineering skill, which had been achieved by the administration in the
past.
The most elaborate of the bathhouses is the 'Queen's bath' situated in
the citadel area, south of the
Hazara Rama temple.
The building is a large square structure, remarkable for the contrast
between its plain exterior and the very ornate interior.
The bath is 15m square and 1.8m deep and surrounded by delicately
decorated arched corridors and projecting balconies.
The carved stucco ornamentation on the ceilings and vaults above each of
the arched bays is characteristic of Islamic architecture.
The water pavilion better known as Queen's bath was built in an Islamic
style consisting of a square water basin surrounded by a vaulted corridor.
Elaborately decorated balconies project over the water.
It is beautiful structure with arched corridors, projecting balconies and
lotus-shaped fountains that once sprouted perfumed water.
The exceptional skill of water engineering is displayed in the newly
excavated system of aqueducts, tanks, sluices and canals.
The 22 m square Pushkarini is the attractive stepped tank. It is truly a
bath for a queen, discreet in its outer appearance and rich and elaborate
in the enclosed inside.
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