Hammam-e-Qadimi
Hammam-e-Qadimi is a functional 18th century Turkish bath in Bhopal, India.
Erected in the early 1700s during the rule of the Gonds, Hammam-e-Qadimi was gifted to Hajjam Hammu Khalida when Dost Mohammad Khan became Nawab of the city. The Indo-Turkish bath is owned by a descendant of Hajjam Hammu Khalida, Mohammad Sajid, and has been kept in his family for five generations. The oil used for the massages offered in Hammam-e-Qadimi is a special recipe of Sajid's family.
Hammam-e-Qadimi was built in the style of the Çemberlitaş Hamamı of Istanbul and was constructed near a mosque so that individuals visiting the mosque may perform their ablutions before going there to pray. Sanchari Pal describes the interior of Hammam-e-Qadimi:
