Wada (house)

The Vishrambaag Wada

A wada (Marathi) or wade (Kannada)^[1]^[2]^[3] is a traditional mansion house form usually found in North Karnataka and Maharashtra.^[4]^[5] Wadas were the epicentres of administration in North Karnataka and of Maharashtra.^[4]

Origin[]

The origin of wades traces back to Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur. They evolved during their reign and flourished till the end of British rule^[4]

Wades in North Karnataka[]

wades are meant for residential purpose and administrative purpose. uniqueness of North Karnataka wades is, have constructed within a small fort with watch towers. and every wade have its own fortress. wades are out of cortyard structure. and small temples installed in the fort of wades.

Wadas in Maharashtra[]

wadas in Maharashtra are constructed with cortyard. these wadas are free of forts. only the shaniwar wada is constructed with fort.

Significance[]

Wadas became residential manors of the kings or humble commoners in the eighteenth and nineteenth century in Maharashtra under Peshwa rule (Batley 1934, Shastri 1970, Kanhere 1982).^[6]

References[]

^ "ದೇಸಾಯರ ವಾಡೆ ಇದಕ್ಕುಂಟು ನೂರಾರು ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಇತಿಹಾಸ". Udayavani - ಉದಯವಾಣಿ. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
^ "ಗಡಿಭಾಗದ-ವಾಡೆ-ನೋಡಿರಿ-ಈ-ಕಡೆ". Prajavani. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
^ "ಕೆರಕಲಮಟ್ಟಿ ವಾಡೆ - Udayavani2". Dailyhunt. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Wade Tradition, Kavi Pampa and Jain Connections". Jain Heritage Centres. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
^ Agashe, Saurabh (2 August 2019). "Venerable trees and a gothic market: heritage-hunting in fast-changing Pune". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
^ Desāī, Mādhavī; Desai, Madhavi; Desai, Miki; Lang, Jon (2012). The Bungalow in Twentieth-Century India: The Cultural Expression of Changing Ways of Life and Aspirations in the Domestic Architecture of Colonial and Post-colonial Society. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 9781409427384. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

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[udayavani-1] "ದೇಸಾಯರ ವಾಡೆ ಇದಕ್ಕುಂಟು ನೂರಾರು ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಇತಿಹಾಸ". Udayavani - ಉದಯವಾಣಿ. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

[prajavani-2] "ಗಡಿಭಾಗದ-ವಾಡೆ-ನೋಡಿರಿ-ಈ-ಕಡೆ". Prajavani. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

[udayavani2-3] "ಕೆರಕಲಮಟ್ಟಿ ವಾಡೆ - Udayavani2". Dailyhunt. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

[jainheritage-4] "Wade Tradition, Kavi Pampa and Jain Connections". Jain Heritage Centres. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

[theguardian-5] Agashe, Saurabh (2 August 2019). "Venerable trees and a gothic market: heritage-hunting in fast-changing Pune". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

[6] Desāī, Mādhavī; Desai, Madhavi; Desai, Miki; Lang, Jon (2012). The Bungalow in Twentieth-Century India: The Cultural Expression of Changing Ways of Life and Aspirations in the Domestic Architecture of Colonial and Post-colonial Society. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 9781409427384. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

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