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Album : Asia : India : Cities And Maharajas : Orcha (35 items)
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1) Raj Mahal
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2) Raj Mahal
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3) Berwa River
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4) Shiva Lingam
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5) General Assembly Hall
3/1/05 10:46 am The guides, beside opening the locked doors, doesn't seem to have much use. But they only charge 50 rupees per palace. |
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6) Vulture On The Dome Of Jehangir Mahal
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7) Raja Mahal
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8) Ceiling Painting In Raja Mahal
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9) Mural Of Elephant People
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10) Ceiling In Royal Room
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11) Three Carved Windows
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12) Courtyard Of Raja Mahal
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13) Vulture On Jehangir Mahal
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14) Chaturbhuj From Raja Mahal
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15) Raja Mahal And Jehangir Mahal
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16) Penguin Kitty On Raja Mahal
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17) Jahangir Mahal
According to commnn belief Jehangir Mahal was, constructed for Jehangir's cecephon by Vemingh Deo I. It is square in plan, with four bashons at each corner, which end in a ribbed dome at the top and have four kiosks at the corners of the base of the dome. The chhajja on the first storey is held by a series of elephant brackets at regular intervals on all sides. |
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18) Roof Of Jahangir Mahal Is Full Of Vultures
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19) Courtyard Of Jahangir Mahal
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20) Couryard Of Jahangir Mahal And The Guides
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21) Two Vultures On Jahangir Mahal
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22) Camel Stable
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23) Balconies Of Jahangir Mahal
AI1 the chambers of this palace had been decorated with paintings, the remains of which are visible only in a few rooms. The Jehangir Mahal is the culminating point of the evolution of medieval-Indo-Islamic architecture, an example of harmonized imagination and organized execution. |
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24) Vulture On Jahangir Mahal
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25) Jahangir Mahal Architecture
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26) Elephant Guard
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27) Camel Stable
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28) Jahangir Mahal
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29) Hamam Khana
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30) Rai Praveen Mahal
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31) Orchard Of Rai Praveen Mahal
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32) Orcha Of Rai Praveen Mahal
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33) Rai Praveen Mahal And Jehangir Mahal
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34) Idling Woman
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35) Ancient Tree Near Tope Khana
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