December 23, 2013
This is one of the many bathing places in Hampi, its a part of the royal center. Octagonal water pavilion is near the Queen's bath, closer to Chandrashkehara temple and a stone's throw from Saraswati temple. The pavilion is a 80' diameter octagon in plan and few feet below ground level.
The structure is a octagonal pit with a central octagonal platform surrounded by a octagonal shelter supported by columns.
The center piece.
There's a step and a channel running along the rim of the pit.
This must be a public bath for those visiting Chandrashekhara and Saraswati temples.
There's another octagonal bath near the Queen's bath, just besides Kamalapur-Hampi road.
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