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Maharani Gayatri Devi with Jacqueline Kennedy in 1962 |
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Top 15 Spectacular Grand Palaces in India
Sesetengah istana kerabat India ni dorang jadikan istana mereka ni kepada hotel business ada juga di tukar kepada muzium @ dijual.
India is home to number of beautiful grand Palaces located throughout the country and built by emperors who ruled the region. These Forts and Palaces are the Marvel Architecture of engineering and the historical monuments of India. Most of the palaces are situated in Royal Rajasthan but other notebale palaces are Jahaz Mahal and Red fort Delhi, Leh Palace,Bangalore Palace,Moti Bagh Palace of Patiala,Cooch Behar Palace and Kareng Ghar of Assam. Here is the list of some popular palaces across the country that will surely excite you to visit.
Amar Mahal Palace - Jammu and Kashmir
The beautiful Amar Mahal Palace is situated in Jammu, now been converted into a Museum. Amar Mahal Palace is situated on the bank of river Tawi and offers a grand view of majestic Sivalik Hills. The palace was built a Dogra king and last official residence of the Dogra Rajas, Suryavanshi Rajputs.
Amba Vilas Palace - Karnataka
Amba Vilas Palace is known as The Palace of Mysore is situated in the city of Mysore,Karnataka. Mysore Palace is built by Wodeyar kings in the 14th century. After the Taj Mahal, The Palace of Mysore second most famous tourist attractions in India. Amba Vilas Palace is the venue of world famous Mysore Dasara festival with a parade elephants and other events at the palace grounds.
Kangla Palace - Manipur
The Kangla Palace is built by Meitei rulers of Manipur at Kangla on the the western bank of the river Imphal. The Palace of Kangla is situated at the center of the Imphal city and a holy place for religious worship and ceremonies.
Umaid Bhawan Palace - Rajasthan
The spectacular Umaid Bhawan Palace is one of the largest residences place in the world. Umaid Bhawan Palace is situated Chittar Hill in the Jodhpur city of Rajasthan and a residences of Jodhpur royal family. The Chittar Palace is currently served as the residence of the royal family,a luxury Taj Palace Hotel and a Museum.
Laxmi Vilas Palace - Gujarat
The Laxmi Vilas Palace is located in Vadodara and with series of palaces it is also known as the Maharaja Palace. Laxmi Vilas Palace is built by Gaekwad in in old classical style. The Maharaja Palace is used as a Museum, a venue of music concerts and other cultural events.
Marbla Palace - West Bengal
The Marble Palace is a Mansion and and most elegant houses located at Muktaram Babu Street of North Kolkata. Marble Palace is well known for its marble walls and floors built by Raja Rajendra Mullick. The house contains large sculpture, paintings and other valuable pieces along with a Marble Palace Zoo located next to the palace. West Bengal also have another famous palace called Cooch Behar Palace or the royal palace of cooch behar on the model of Buckingham Palace.
Presidential Palace - Delhi
The Rashtrapati Bhavan is huge mansion built on a floor area of 200,000 square feet in Delhi. Area of Rashtrapati Bhavan contains Rajpath,a huge square Vijay Chowk start from house and end at the at India Gate. Rashtrapati Bhavan also has Gardens situated at back known as the Mughal Gardens with vast variety of flowers.
Jahangir Palace - Uttar Pradesh
The Jahangiri Mahal is situated inside the great Agra Fort,located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Jahangir Palace is one of the noteworthy structure inside the Agra Fort others are The Khas Mahal,Diwan-i-Am, Diwan-e-Khas,Anguri Bagh and Moti Masjid.
Chowmahalla Palace - Andre Pradesh
The Royal Chowmahalla Palace is belongs to the Nizams of Hyderabad, located at the center of Hyderabad. Magnificent Chowmahalla Palace is renowned for its unique style and elegance design situated just next to the famous Charminar.
Ujjayanta Palace - Tripura
The palace of Tripura is a royal Palace situated in the capital of Tripura, in Agartala. Palace of Ujjayanta was built by Maharaja Radha Kishore Manikya and currently served as state legislative assembly. Ujjayanta Palace is one of the major attractions of Agartala along with State Museum, Tribal Museum and Laxminarayan Temple.
Thirumalai Nayakkar Palace - Tamil Nadu
The Thirumalai Nayak Palace is built by King Thirumalai Nayak in the city of Madurai,Tamil Nadu. Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal is one of the most beauitful Palace and considered to be one of the wonders of the South India. Thirumalai Palace is situated near to the famous the Meenakshi Amman Temple.
Aga Khan Palace - Maharashtra
The Aga Khan Palace was built by Shah Aga Khan III in 1892 near the Bund Garden in Pune. Aga Khan Palace is one of the majestic landmark of the city and one of the greatest marvels building of India.
Jai Vilas Palace - Madhya Pradesh
The Jai Vilas Palace is one of the grandiose, huge and beautiful palace of India,built by Maharaja Jayaji Rao Scindia. Jai Vilas Mahal is situated in city of Gwalior and now the the residence of the royal Maratha family The Scindias.
Bolgatty Palace - Kerala
The famous Bolghatty Palace is situated in the beautiful scenic island known as Bolgatty island in Kochi, Kerala. Bolgatty Palace was a mansion built by Dutch and now its a heritage hotel resort managed by the KTDC. The Bolgatty Palace has a golf course,swimming pool,ayurvedic and Kathakali center and a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva.
Anand Bagh Palace - Bihar
The Anand Bagh Palace or Lakshmivilas Palace is situated in Darbhanga town of Bihar state. Anand Bagh Palace was built by Maharaja Lakshmeshwar Singh know for its gardens with several rare species of plants such as Rudraksha, orchids and Sandalwood.
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wahhh.. thread yg menarik... tingat plak kat citer chandramukhi... |
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Kaya gila babas..
Pernah gak baca masa empayar British hapuskan empayar Islam Moghul, emas bertan-tan dari istana India dirampas, dicairkan dan dibentuk sebagai set pinggan mangkuk dan cawan supaya Officer British minum dan berlagak bahawa ianya adalah hasil penaklukan Kerajaan Islam di India.
Rupanya kaya betul Kerabat India...tapi kesian rakyat papa kedana. Memang Sistem Kasta diamalkan betul kat India. |
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thread ni sangat menarik dan infromatif.. |
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gud thread
macam ni la baru informatif kekdahnye..
tt sile sambung..iolss ternanti2.. |
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informatif.................tapi sejarah india mmg menarik juga... |
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Tp sayang, sampai sekarang level harta dorang tak seimbang kan. Yg miskin semiskin miskin nya. |
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Cm xcaya india ada sistem beraja yg kaya.tgk filem bukan main mewah sume kete beso2 muka bersih xde berkerak pon.tp realitinya..rakyat melarat dgn sistem kasta dan rogol sana sini.perempuan xde nilai |
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Salah satu asal usul kejatuhan India...
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boleh ke Islamic Arts Museum di Lake Garden untuk melihat kesenian India di empayar Mughal.. memang kaya, halus dan bernilai...
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Edited by yipun_78 at 9-10-2015 08:26 AM
How a 400-year-old curse continues to haunt one of India’s richest royal families
Written by Manu Balachandran & Itika Sharma Punit
May 29, 2015 Quartz india
Mysore Royal Family Jinxed. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
For much of their 600-year-old history, the Wadiyar dynasty—rulers of the erstwhile kingdom of Mysore, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka—has been trying to unsuccessfully ward off a deadly curse.
“May the Wadiyars of Mysore not have children for eternity,” Alamelamma, the wife of a king whose empire the Wadiyars annexed, is thought to have said sometime back in the 1600s. And 400 years later, that curse seems to have done its job.
On May 27, the royal family—considered one of the richest in India—appointed 22-year-old Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar as the new heir to the throne following the death of 60-year-old Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar in December 2013. Yaduveer is not the former king’s biological son, but a distant nephew.
Srikantadatta and his wife, Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, were childless.
Since the curse, the Wadiyars have birthed offsprings only in alternate generations. Whenever a king (or in some cases queen) could not have a child, the monarch adopted a child from the extended family.
The last king of Mysore was a direct descendent of the former ruler Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar. But Jayachamarajendra was a nephew of Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV, the king who ruled before him.
Mysore’s royal family has assets worth some Rs80,000 crore ($12.6 billion) and is the custodian of a number of palaces and much artwork.
The curse
In 1612, the king of Mysore dethroned Sri Rangaraya, the governor of Srirangapatna—an adjoining kingdom—while his wife Alamelamma escaped with all the royal ornaments. When Wadiyar’s army tracked her down, Alamelamma committed suicide to escape arrest.
But before killing herself, she cursed the royal family. In an effort to counter the curse perhaps, the Wadiyars installed a statue of Alamelamma at the Mysore palace soon after learning of her suicide. Even today, she is worshipped as a deity in the palace.
Mysore palace-New KingThe Mysore Palace being lit up during the Indian festival of Dusshera(AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
But the legendary curse hasn’t dissipated, and Yaduveer—a student of English and Economics at Boston University—is now the 27th king of the erstwhile kingdom of Mysore.
The glittering coronation ceremony for the young, bespectacled king was held at the Amba Vilas Palace at Mysore between 9.25 am and 10.38 am on Thursday. It was conducted amid Vedic chants and slogans hailing the Mysore royalty and the new king. Several top political leaders of Karnataka were also present.
Yet, the coronation is only symbolic as the royal family does not hold any power to run the state or collect taxes. In an interview with Scroll.in, Pramoda Devi explained: “I don’t think of myself as a Maharani… It was only during Dussehra celebrations when we had to perform certain rituals as per the custom, that we wore all the royal finery. Other than that, both my late husband and I, are just normal people.”
The kingdom
India once had over 500 independent princely states, where the princes enjoyed a life of affluence and power. After gaining independence in 1947, most of these princely kingdoms were absorbed into the Indian state. Following this, aristocrats were stripped of their honours, privileges and revenue by the government.
And since then, several royal families—including the Wadiyars—have been involved in legal battles over their property and assets.
Last year, Pramoda Devi Wadiyar accused all successive governments since 1976 of “troubling” the family. In the initial treaty signed in 1950 between the Wadiyars and the Indian government, the latter had apparently agreed to allow the property of the Mysore royal family stay with its members. Over the year, however, the government has taken control of several of these properties, which has been challenged by the Wadiyars in court.
“The palace issue is in court, it has been more than 38 years now…. once the Supreme Court had passed an order directing the government to hand over possession of the portion of the palace taken over by the state government for maintenance and management. Instead of complying with the order, the government proposed to take over the palace property through the special legislation, which we have challenged,” Pramoda Devi said last year.
And this year, after Yaduveer was announced as the heir to the throne, another nephew of Srikantadatta, Kanthraj Urs cried foul over the appointment. He then filed a case seeking a division of the family’s property.
The new king, thus, has inherited more than just the title and assets of Mysore’s erstwhile kingdom.
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1st time msuk benang nih,,,sgt2 menarik n informative...
cantiknyer Maharani Gayatri Devi masa zmn muda dia...  |
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skang nih dorg masih ada sistem beraja ker? atau dah jd history saja... |
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realitinya tu ko baca2 ke ko tengok sendiri?
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kenapa mama terbayang muka maharaja dalam Willie Wonka...yg buat istana dari coklat tu...last last istana dia cair.. |
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Post time 28-8-2015 02:32 PM
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