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Umaid Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur
Also known as Umaid Bhawan
The 1929-1943 Umaid Bhawan Palace at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, built by Maharaja Umaid Singh of Marwar-Jodhpur as a 347-room Indo-deco palace during the 1920s famine as a public-works relief project. Designed by English architect Henry Vaughan Lanchester, the 76-metre central dome of golden-yellow sandstone makes it one of the world's largest private residences by area. The palace is still the residence of the Jodhpur royal family (Gaj Singh II) with 70 rooms converted into a Taj Hotels luxury hotel since 1972. The palace's 2017 Travel + Leisure World's Best Hotel ranking brought international attention.
- Function
- Authority & administration
- Patron dynasty
- Marwar-Jodhpur
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 26.274, 73.047
Connections (1)
- Site withinMehrangarh & Jodhpur
The 1929-1943 Umaid Bhawan Palace sits within the Jodhpur city, 3 kilometres from the Mehrangarh Fort citadel. Built by Maharaja Umaid Singh as the Marwar royal residence (still the Jodhpur royal family's home with 70 rooms as a Taj Hotels luxury hotel since 1972), the 347-room Indo-deco palace extends Jodhpur's historic royal architecture into the mid-20-century.
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