Wada (house)

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]

The Vishrambaag Wada

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]

See also

Gadhi — a castle-like structure (also called a “Big Wada”)

References
  1. "ದೇಸಾಯರ ವಾಡೆ ಇದಕ್ಕುಂಟು ನೂರಾರು ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಇತಿಹಾಸ". Udayavani - ಉದಯವಾಣಿ. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. "ಗಡಿಭಾಗದ-ವಾಡೆ-ನೋಡಿರಿ-ಈ-ಕಡೆ". Prajavani. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  3. "ಕೆರಕಲಮಟ್ಟಿ ವಾಡೆ - Udayavani2". Dailyhunt. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  4. "Wade Tradition, Kavi Pampa and Jain Connections". Jain Heritage Centres. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  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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