Riverside Palace

Last updated February 18, 2019

The Riverside Palace is located in Gondal, India.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Gondal is a city and a municipality in the Rajkot district of the Indian state of Gujarat. Gondal state was one of the eight first class princely states of Kathiawar Agency, Bombay Presidency in British India. Ruled by a Hindu Rajput dynasty of the Jadeja clan, the capital of the state was Gondal town. In 2011, the Population of the Gondal City Was 113,000 approximately.

The Riverside Palace, which is 1.26 kilometres (0.78 mi) away from the Naulakha Palace, was built in 1875 by Bhagwat Sinhji for his son, Yuvraj Bhaijraji, the then crown prince. This palace has artifacts collected by the royal family, pictures, and trophies of heads of stuffed animals fixed on walls. The Riverside and the Orchard Palace are currently run as hotels.^[2]^[3] The living room here has the elegance of colonial architecture and has rich antique furniture. An exclusive Indian wing of this palace has beautiful brass ware and miniature paintings.^[1]

The Naulakha Palace, the oldest extant palace in Gondal, India, dating back to the 18th century (1748), with a "sculpted facade" is a part of the Darbargardh fort complex. It is named "Navalakaha" meaning rupees "nine lakhs" which was the cost of building it at that time. It has stone carvings with "jharokhas" (balconies), a pillared courtyard, delicately carved arches, and a unique spiral staircase. The large chandelier-lit "durbar" hall witnesses stuffed panthers, gilt wooden furniture, and antique mirrors. The "private palace museum" displays an array of silver caskets which were in the services of carrying messages and gifts for the Maharajah Bhagwat Sinhji on his silver jubilee as ruler of Gondal.

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References

1 2 Chakraborty, Subhasish (4 October 2014). "The Palaces of Gondal A Tryst With Royal Gujarat". Wall Street International. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
1 2 Miller 2012, p. 77.
1 2 Pandya 2007.

Bibliography

Miller, Sam (27 October 2012). Gujarat: Chapter from Blue Guide India. Blue Guides. ISBN 978-1-909079-68-7.
Pandya, Kaushik (2007). A journey to the glorious Gujarat. Akshara Prakashan.

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[Chakraborty-1] 1 2 Chakraborty, Subhasish (4 October 2014). "The Palaces of Gondal A Tryst With Royal Gujarat". Wall Street International. Retrieved 30 June 2015.

[FOOTNOTEMiller201277-2] 1 2 Miller 2012, p. 77.

[FOOTNOTEPandya2007-3] 1 2 Pandya 2007.