Jehanghir Mahal, Orchha
Orchha (State: Madhya Pradesh) has an imposing fort, dating back to the 16th century. The Fort Complex contains magnificent palaces of the Bundela kings presenting a matchless spectacle of those times.
One of such palace is 17th century palace, the Jehanghir Mahal. It is a magnificent structure and grandest of all palaces in Orchha. This was built by then King Bir Singh Deo between 1605 and 1627 to commemorate the visit of Emperor Jahanghir to Orchha. It is a three storied building, which is a fine example of of Indo-Islamic architecture.
The main entrance of the palace is east-facing facade, which is covered with turquoise tiles. The arrival of Raja was announced by the ringing of bells of the beautiful stone elephants that guards the stairway.
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Jehangir Mahal is very beautiful and lovely architecture. Very nicely described with gorgeous picture.
Incredibly impressive. What a grand building with such intricate details.
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It's such a beautiful palace! Your country is amazing!
It truly looks marvelous !
I have been to Jehanghir Mahal once and its simply timeless
Mughal architecture is always so grand and imposing!
Thanks for creating awareness of little known but magnificent historical monuments
Ram
Beautiful and lovely shots !!This place is full of history and culture !!Unseen Rajasthan
Orccha is one of those many hidden gems scattered across India. Glad to find you blogging about them. Greetings from Mumbai.
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That's a typical Moghul Masterpiece!!!
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I swear India has as much architectural history and interest as England, great shots.
Marvelous captures as always, Rajesh! Such an interesting post! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Sylvia
beautiful buildings!
Impressive architecture!
It's amazing to me how intricate the work is on the fort. It must take forever to do the carvings.
Magnificant building full of interesting details, thanks for adding to our Sky Watch Friday party. Always fun to see what you find to share with us every week.
Magnificent structures!
Thank you for the tour.
Happy SWF.
Magnificent structures, wonderful to look at.
Impressive and beautiful architecture! Great photos:-)
Awesome, Wonderful & Impressive!
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Indeed,a magnificient structure of the palace,great
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you have impressive architecture.
Wonderful building and details! I even see little elephants on top of the second story columns.
Simply amazing structures...great carvings and details.
True Art.
marvellous!
I never knew such a beautiful monument existed !Thank you, Rajesh.
Wow I am always stunned by how these forts are build. Love that tiny window on top of the building just majestic to me. Happy weekend!
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Magnificent - and with elephants! Wonderful and playful.
Absolutely marvelous! Your space is undoubtedly an authority of Indian historical facts and edifices!
Orchha is indeed a beautiful town, good to see pictures of it.
Interesting rajesh! I wonder why we aren't interested in building such structures or smiling ones instead of just praise in amazing!
Awesome looking structure, very impressive. Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend.
wow
very impressive!
maginificent structure. I have never been to MP. It is so vast... where does one begin?
How beautiful!
Magnificent fort! Really an amazing building!
Such an amazing building, the architecture is so different from what we see here in Israel.
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Wow, this is a magnificent structure, so ornate!
gorgeous fort! beautiful shot rajesh
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Hi Rajesh! That's even more impressive than the magnificent forts I've visited in India!!
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What a magnificent building and so amazing for its age...Christine
The sky is so pale blue. Happy Blue Monday.
Oh - great buildings :9
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What a beautiful place to visit.
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Wonderful architecture. It is nice to visit around the world through the eyes of bloggers. Thank you.
...Karen
Another beautiful building and architecture. Simply magnificent.
Sucharita: Thanks, it is a blend of Indo-Islamic architecture.
Babli, Zuzana, Joo, Tips, Ram, Bharath, Kunal, Bhushavali, Sylvia, Sarah, Jingle, Carver, Carol, Maple, Regina, Spiderdama, Coffeeveggie, ewok1993: Thanks for the appreciation.
Radha: Thanks. Yes MP is a vast place. You have in plenty both nature an architecture. Bhopal is on good starting point.
Dharma, Kcalpesh, Diane, Kirigalpoththa, Raji, Kim, LadyFi, Rakesh, Mridula, Jeevan, eileeninmd, Deepak, Zen, Pietro, Robin, Janie, Laura, Trotter, Xinex, Sally, Brigitta, Pie, Karen, Kristin: Thanks for the appreciation.
Loved your post sirji.
Just noticed your Incredible India fact! Amazing fact there! :D
Nishanth: Thank you.
Hari OM
I love how you 'communicate' India!! What a stunning place. YAM xx
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