Garh Palace
Garh Palace
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Laetitia L
8 contributions
Mar 2021 • Couples
We are two French living and working in India since 5 months, and traveling in Rajasthan. They didn’t accept to give us the indien price (which is 10 times lower than foreigners price) even if we have an FRRO to prove it and we are volunteering so we don’t have any salary. It is unacceptable since we are working in India we should have the same price.
Very bad experience, they didn’t try to understand us, even if all the cities we did before always accepted.
I would not come again to this city.
Very bad experience, they didn’t try to understand us, even if all the cities we did before always accepted.
I would not come again to this city.
Written 10 March 2021
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drarunkumar24
New Delhi, India48 contributions
Feb 2020
The Garh palace is not easily accessable, but if you are fond of mosaics,murals and architecture, this palace should not be missed if you are in the vicinity of Kotah.(Rajasthan). It is a pity that this magnificent historical structure is not better maintained, Nevertheless, even in it's present state it inspires awe & delight.
Avoid summer months.
Avoid summer months.
Written 28 February 2020
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Shivali S
Ahmedabad, India223 contributions
Oct 2022 • Couples
Garh palace is a cluster of many palaces and chitrashala built 800 years ago. It is Rajasthan 's oldest fort. The garh palace is located at the base of Taragarh fort.
Our guide Mrs. Hemlata Pawar gave us excellent tour to all the places inside with deep history knowledge and many local stories surrounding the fort. She being from Bundi made it more authentic.
Reaching garh palace was quite a slope, but history stories didn't make us realize at all that we climbed so much.
It was a mesmerizing place with beautiful Belgium glass work, mosaic work and paintings. Chitrashala has different paintings from the by gone Era well preserved even after 800 years!! Must visit.
Our guide Mrs. Hemlata Pawar gave us excellent tour to all the places inside with deep history knowledge and many local stories surrounding the fort. She being from Bundi made it more authentic.
Reaching garh palace was quite a slope, but history stories didn't make us realize at all that we climbed so much.
It was a mesmerizing place with beautiful Belgium glass work, mosaic work and paintings. Chitrashala has different paintings from the by gone Era well preserved even after 800 years!! Must visit.
Written 25 October 2022
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SarahTad
Perth, Australia50 contributions
Nov 2022 • Friends
The only word is whimsical. Light and airy with lots nooks to explore. Beautiful faded frescoes, mirrored doorways and painted ceilings. We got lucky and were shown behind normally locked doors into a bedroom where most is the frescoes were in great condition and lots of gold leaf/ paint still untouched. It blows your mind. Watch out for crazy monkeys but don’t miss the palace
Written 25 November 2022
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Dua1
Ludhiana, India149 contributions
Oct 2020
This is a treasure trove of Bundi miniature art paintings. The place has been ruined and plunderedbecuase of lack of interests by the decendants of the royal family of Bundi post independence. Now the palace has been leased out to a private operator and there are a lot of positive changes
Written 30 March 2021
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Andresdefencer
Dorking, UK50 contributions
Oct 2022 • Couples
Arrived at 8-30am as we wanted to see this magnificent Palace alone, its a very steep walk up to the main gate but even my dear mum made it. Once inside you could imagine the life of these people ..if you can make it to the top and see Badal Mahal with the artwork then it was worth the walk..
I can see why Kipling loved this place
I can see why Kipling loved this place
Written 4 October 2022
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Dirk W
Alexandra Headland, Australia10,147 contributions
Feb 2023 • Couples
Garh palace is the dominant feature of Bundi. As often, it is not just 1 palace, but rather a complex of many structures build over a long period, and located at the base of Taragarh fort. There is a parking down the bottom and it is a bit of a slippery, steep walk up. Some sections are open and in a fairly good condition, but I was stopped from going passed the beautiful Hathia Pol (they even tried to stop me from taking photographs of the gate !?). No reason was given and I learned afterwards that there are some exquisite paintings there . . .
India is not a rich country and there are unnumerable monuments to be maintained and restored. It is obvious there are simply not enough funds to brings this gem back to its former glory. Pity.
India is not a rich country and there are unnumerable monuments to be maintained and restored. It is obvious there are simply not enough funds to brings this gem back to its former glory. Pity.
Written 24 March 2023
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Susan G
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Feb 2020
We enjoyed our visit. Some of the paintings are breathtaking. Particularly liked the woman’s quarters . The views from the top over Bundi town are spectacular.
Not wildly happy with foreigners having to pay so much more than Indians to get into part of the building. But you pay or you don’t see it ?
Not wildly happy with foreigners having to pay so much more than Indians to get into part of the building. But you pay or you don’t see it ?
Written 16 February 2020
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Jonathan K
Princeton, NJ622 contributions
Mar 2020
Not sure I would go way out of my way to see this fort and palace, but if you stay in Bundi (and you should), it is definitely worth a look. We went just before it closed due to coronavirus, so we had the place pretty much to ourselves. The structure is crumbling but impressive, the view is awesome, and the paintings are a treat. Make sure to appreciate the massive, fortified doors and associated hardware. To address a couple of concerns expressed in other reviews: 1) The monkeys pretty much left us alone; we took a stick for protection, but didn't need it. 2) we are 60 years old and pretty healthy, but hardly competitive athletes. The climb was definitely taxing, but eminently doable, and should not discourage you from visiting.
Written 22 March 2020
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Dave O
Sydney, Australia215 contributions
Jan 2023
Garh Palace is worth looking at after you have been to Taragarh Fort above it. The Palace has seen better days but has great architecture and many different rooms and some lovely old frescos. Sadly the money has not been put into it to return it to its former glory but it is still an amazing place to walk around
Written 5 January 2023
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Hi!
Can anybody tell me who owns Garh Palace fort in Bundi?
Do you know who it was built for? Was it for a particular Maharajah?
Also do you know roughly how many rooms it has? Thanks!
Many thanks!
Written 27 February 2019
Well answered by Debabrata. I can not add anything further.
Written 3 March 2019
We visted recently and had a lovely afternoon in the palace; looking at the paintings and walking up to the fort.
We just have one question we can't answer. When you first walk through the arch way into the courtyard there is a room to your left, it is full of bats.
There were 3 men in there (bit unfriendly - seemed a bit miffed we walked in actually) they were working on some sort of paper records, and wrapping them in material.
Is this some sort of records office? Seems an odd place to work.
Written 25 February 2018
azelia299
Atlanta, Georgia
I am planning to visit Bundi( just to see those beautiful paintings). I ( elderly person) with knee problem, like to know how steep is the journey to go 'Garh Palace'? Thanks for helping me. Please answer me as soon as possible, I am at the final stage of planning my trip.
Written 6 January 2017
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