Kushak Mahal at Teen Murti House.

For a long time during my stay in Delhi, when I happened to be at Teen Murti circle with one of the road being called Kushak Road, I used to wonder what Kushak road indicated and what its significance was. When I looked for the background I came to know that there is Kushak Mahal, located inside Teen Murti Memorial and this road referred to that.

A view of Kushak Mahal inside Teen Murti House.

Firuz Shah Tughlaq, the third prominent Tughlaq ruler, built a hunting lodge, then called Shikargah in the 14th century while his main palace and city was at Firuz Shah Kotla. The structure, which remains unnoticed, even when you are inside Teen Murti House, unless you look for it is nearly a square structure built in rubble on a five meter high platform. It has three arched openings resting on stone pillars and each bay is divided in depth into three compartments. It has a flat roof on a vaulted ceiling. Its compartments have beautiful arches.

Arched compartments in the Hunting Lodge.

It was good to notice that school children are brought here for picnic to know about their heritage while visiting Teen Murti Museum and Planetarium.
       Nearby heritage monuments:  1.Teen Murti War Memorial.
                                                       2, Gyarah Murti.

School children at the heritage monument.