{"id":3988,"date":"2015-10-14T10:30:31","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T05:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/?p=3988"},"modified":"2015-10-14T10:30:31","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T05:00:31","slug":"aaina-mahal-bhuj-gujarat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/aaina-mahal-bhuj-gujarat\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaina Mahal | Bhuj | Gujarat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aaina Mahal also known as Hall of Mirrors,\u00a0built by Rao Lakhpat Ji in 1761 AD , it was constructed with white marble walls decorated with Gold lace and glass , mirrors are separated with gilded ornaments with shades of Venetian glass. This palace was damaged in 2001 AD earth quake but most of it is repaired and recovered .
\nLegend has it that the decorated architect Ram Singh Malam had devoted 17 years of his life in Europe but could not get any recognition and appreciation in there . He introduced himself \u00a0to the royal court of Bhuj and made a humble appeal to the king for work. Lakhpatji approved of his ideas and ordered the construction of the grand Aaina Mahal.
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Single piece carved door arch of marble , Aaina Mahal Bhuj<\/p><\/div>
\nThe erstwhile palace which belonged to Maharao Lakhpatji has now been converted into a Museum. Piece of art in itself and houses several rare paintings and collectibles from around the world.\u00a0Designed in a mixed Indo-European style and made available the materials for the palace locally.
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Roof support and glass doors, Aaina Mahal Bhuj<\/p><\/div>
\nAina Mahal Palace is a two storied building with Hall of Mirrors as the main attraction along with Darbar hall and suites for the royal family. Located on the second floor of the palace the interiors of the Hall of Mirrors will leave you spell bound.
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Beautiful Chandelier , Balcony support and doors, Aaina Mahal Bhuj<\/p><\/div>
\nThe Aina Mahal also boasts of glass paintings of Chinese inspiration. The Palace, has an array of mirrors everywhere. Ranging from full-length to tiny half-inch circles, the mirrors promise to draw awe from people as soon they put their eyes on them.
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Gold plated ceiling, floor and pillars , Aaina Mahal ,Bhuj<\/p><\/div>
\nThe interiors of the palace exhibit the ceiling, doors and pillars which are glittered with work of mirrors and exquisite wood carvings. To add to the grandeur, there are beds with legs of gold surrounded by numerous mirrors in Baroque -style frames. The doors too were crafted from elephant tusk which boldly exclaim of the royalty of the king. The exteriors of the palace cum museum has carved doorways and extended window blocks.
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Gold plated ceiling design and colored hanging lamps , Aaina Mahal Bhuj<\/p><\/div>
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Ivory carved door , Aaina Mahal Bhuj<\/p><\/div>
\nThe museum is closed on Thursday and visiting hrs. are 9:00am – 11:45am & 3:00pm – 5:45pm.<\/strong>
\nEntry ticket is Rs.10\/- and Photography charges Rs.30\/-<\/strong>
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Aaina Mahal also known as Hall of Mirrors,\u00a0built by Rao Lakhpat Ji in 1761 AD , it was constructed with white marble walls decorated with Gold lace and glass , mirrors are separated with gilded ornaments with shades of Venetian glass. This palace was damaged in 2001 AD earth quake but most of it is … →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12,16,17,18],"tags":[39,885,1141,1845,2257,2284],"class_list":["post-3988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-history","category-monuments","category-news","category-people","tag-aaina-mahal-bhuj","tag-gold-plated-ceilings","tag-ivory-crafted-doors","tag-mirror-work","tag-ramshin-malan","tag-rao-lakhpat-ji"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}