Situated
3km north of the city center this palace which built by Maharaja
Ganga Singh in the memory of his father, Maharaja Lal Singh The Shri
Sadul museum covers entire first floor of the palace. The museum was
established in 1076 and there's a reasonable collection of artifacts
and personal possessions of the Bikaner Maharajas and a brass vessel
known as a Tokan used to collect revenue which was transported by
camel to the Bikaner state treasury.
Wild peacocks
enliven the massive Lalgarh Palace lawns adorned with marble
pavilions and carved water fountains. Built in 1902 the Lalgarh
Palace was constructed by Maharaja Ganga Singhji who christened the
palatial mansion after his father Maharaja Lal Singhji. The walls of
the grand Lalgarh Palace are adorned with royal portraits, hunting
trophies, artifacts and carved motifs. Tour the Lalgarh Palace
museum and relax at the library. The Lalgarh Palace library is
unique as in it is a storehouse of ancient Sanskrit manuscripts on
parchments.
The Lalgarh Palace is divided into three
parts, the Sadul Museum, heritage hotel and the section still
occupied by the descendants of the Royal family. Designed by Swinton
Jacob, a famed architect of those times, the Lalgarh Palace is a
lavish royal home that exudes Bikaner regalia. The Sadul Museum is a
repository of historic exhibits. See a World War I plane, regal
weaponry, delicately designed miniature paintings, black and white
pictures and more at the Lalgarh Palace museum on your tours to
Bikaner tourist attractions.
Lalgarh Palace is an
attractive architectural structure, which was constructed and
designed by the popular architect Sir Swinton Jacobs with the aid
for the construction coming from Maharaja Ganga Singh in the memory
of his father. The palace is an instance of architectural beauty
with the beautiful lattices and the overhanging balconies of the
palace seeming to be the hallmark of the mixed style of
architecture, which was a key pattern of construction
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