Umaid Bhawan Palace History, Travel Information, Hotels, Facts And More
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Umaid Bhawan Palace
COUNTRY
India
ADDRESS
Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
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About Umaid Bhawan Palace
Umaid Bhawan Palace is an Indo-Saracenic architectural style structure located in Jodhpur (Rajasthan) India. The construction of the palace was started in 1928 and completed in 1943. It was built by Maharaja Umaid Singh of Jodhpur. The architects of the building were Budhmal Rai and a British architect Sir Samuel Jacob. The palace was build under London based architect Henry Vaughan Lanchester.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Umaid Bhawan Palace
- The palace is one of the biggest private residences throughout the world. It spans an area of 26 acres including gardens spread up to 15 acres.
- The main objective is to build the palace to provide employment to the famine-stricken farmers across the area.
- The largest residential palace has 347 rooms and a museum. A part of the palace is turned to a hotel and managed by Taj Hotels. The hotel honored as the best hotel across the world at the Traveller's Choice Award by a travel company TripAdvisor, Inc.
- The palace features three parts, the Royal family?s residence, museum, and the Taj Palace hotel. A museum inside the palace exhibits the history of the royal family of Jodhpur.
- The five stars hotel offers almost all amenities to their guests such as free Wi-Fi, free breakfast, free parking, spa, fitness center, bar, restaurant, laundry service, business center, etc.
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