Last updated: October 2026 · Method: built from published site information and recurring traveller reports; figures approximate, verify on site.
The marble baradari at Ana Sagar is a set of 17th-century pavilions standing in the lake itself, built under the Mughals and still the most photographed structure on the water. Shah Jahan is the patron most accounts name, which fits the marble quality. Reports consistently place the best hour at sunset, when the low light warms the stone and the reflection frames work from the embankment, and the flat Daulat Bagh approach makes the whole circuit walkable for every age group.
The marble baradari is what gives Ana Sagar’s shoreline its character.
- The pavilions: the marble baradari raised by the Mughals.
- Daulat Bagh runs along the shore beside it.
- For photography, the reflection frames are the draw.
Evenings belong to the baradari: the pavilions and the Daulat Bagh lawns fill at sunset with families and snack vendors, and the marble catches the low light better than any monument timing allows. It is Ajmer’s most democratic monument, and everyone uses it, daily.