Chabutro

A Chabutro (also spelt Chabutaro; Gujarati) or Chabutra (Hindi) is a tower-like structure found in India that provides nesting sites for birds, especially pigeons.

Both names for this structure derive from kabutar and kubatar, the respective Gujarati and Hindi words for 'pigeon', and they are both occasionally used in a broader sense to indicate any sitting platform, usually under a tree or beside any body of water, especially in northern India.

[2] Another type of chabutro, found in Gujarat and Rajasthan, have a different design and are built only to feed and let birds rest, but not intended for breeding purposes.

The upper enclosure of such chabutras are artistically carved and designed like a window found on domes, called chhatri.

It was erected in 1947 by Shyamji Gangji Sawaria & sons, a noted railway contractor and entrepreneur of Raigarh, founder of Shyam Talkies, from the Kutch Mistri clan of Kumbharia.

A breeding chabutro at Sinugra , in the style typical for Kutch . It is more than 100 years old and is a relatively large example built by Seth Khora Ramji built in 1910.