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UMAID
BHAWAN / PALACE HOTEL |
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Umaid
Bhawan is one of the largest and grandest
private residences in the world.
The palace was built between 1929 and 1943
and over 3000 artisans worked over 14
years to create this magnificent edifice.
If there is one palace that combines
architectural extravaganza with aesthetic
triumph, it is the Umaid Bhawan Palace. If
there is something that is best
experienced than described, it is
absolutely a stay at the Umaid Bhawan
Palace.
From the time of the origin of Jodhpur to
the present day, the Rathore capital
suffered severe scarcity of water and
drought followed with unfailing regularity
every third or fourth year. A tradition
developed among the Maharajas to alleviate
the suffering of people by creating work.
The work usually took the form of building
canals, roads, temples, stepwells and
palaces.
Rosita Forbes, travelling in the 1930s
through Jodhpur, experienced firsthand the
severe rainless times in Jodhpur, and
described the goings-on:'The scarcity of
water in the city has been remedied by the
erection of a reservoir with eight pumping
stations. Roads are spreading. Fine
buildings are springing up on the
outskirts of the lovely town.Maharaja
Umaid Singh conceived the Palace as the
centerpiece of his massive famine-relief
scheme. The acclaimed designs of
Henry Lanchester for Cardiff City Hall and
Law Courts/Central Hall, Westminster,
impressed Maharaja Umaid Singh, and
Lutyen's protИgИ was entrusted
with the job. It took 14 years and
3000 men to give shape to this stupendous
expression. The Palace was designed as a
smooth combination of European classical
elements interlaced with oriental ones.
Massive sandstone boulders were cut from a
quarry at Surasagar near Jodhpur and
transported by a special narrow-gauge
train to the construction sites. Master
masons chiselled these rough stones into
blocks of five and seven tons. The blocks
were then fitted in an interlocking
fashion with no mortar or cement being
used in the construction
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Heritage
(Government Approved) |
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A/C Rooms 96, Number
of Floors: 3
Double A/C 63, Double Total 63, Suites A/C
33, Suites Total 33,
Centrally Airconditioned, 4, 250, 40, 3,
1, Indian |
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| Umaid
Bhawan Palace, Jodhpur - 342 006
(Rajasthan ) |
H/C
running water, Telephone, CCTV, Mini
Refrigerator
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3
kms. from Airport, 5 kms. from Railway
Station, 3 kms. from Bus Stand |
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Business
Centre,Banquet Facilities, Conference
Facilities, Beauty Parlour, Shopping
Arcade, Health Club, Swimming Pool,
Tennis, Golf, In House Theatre, Museum,
Palmist Squash. Doctor on call, Laundry,
Money Changer, Safe Deposit, Baby Sitting,
Valet, Travel Desk Service, Indoor pool
with a sun terrace, sauna, private museum,
village safaris / camel rides |
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