Uroosi

Why in news?

• A Mughal-era architectural feature called Uroosi is one of Kashmir’s answers to the seismic threat it faces (as the region is on the National Center for Seismology’s Zone-V).

About Uroosi architectural style:

• Uroosi are wooden shutters used as partition walls within homes, instead of concrete walls.
• Uroosi's work includes octagonal and decagonal ornamental pillars too.
• Uroosi is one such, where wooden shutters could be rolled up to make one room or rolled down from hanging grooves in ceiling chambers, to partition the space into separate areas.
• Uroosi is believed to be a Persian term meaning ‘hidden bride’.
• Jalali House is a landmark in Srinagar that has this architectural element.
• It has the ability to absorb seismic shocks and withstand them.

???????PRACTICE QUESTION

Consider the following statements:

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer – C