Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Royal Palaces of Sarkhej Roza, Ahmedabad

At Sarkhej Roza Complex at Ahmedabad in the 15th century around a large tank various tombs, mosques and palaces were built. 



Sultan Mehmud had built the palaces on the southwest corner of the tank. These palaces have integration of Muslim, Hindu and Jain architectural elements. 



The palace ruins on the South bank is the Kings Palace.



The palace ruins on the West bank is the Queens Palace.

25 comments:

  1. Great views, nice architecture!

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  2. I always get to visit a new place on your blog.

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  3. Wonderful photos of intriguing buildings!

    Happy Week to you,
    artmusedog and carol

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  4. What a wonderful, fascinating place -- as always, Rajesh!! So much beauty and history!! Thanks for sharing!!

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  5. The sky guards the palace and the palace guards the sky.

    Sky Filtered through Trees

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  6. Wonderful views of the ruins! Great photos.. Have a happy weekend!

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  7. I remember studying this king in school.

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  8. Wow! Can you imagine living in a place like that! Have a great weekend.

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  9. Anonymous09:07

    Wonderful architecture!

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  10. I love these palaces, beautiful photos !!

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  11. Anonymous14:36

    thanks for the information :)

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  12. Love visiting new places with you!

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  13. I enjoy seeing how much of antiquity is still there to see in India.

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  14. Bring me to India, LoL* hope to visit your country soon.

    Happy weekend.

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  15. Amazing, as usual!!

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  16. Beautiful place ..

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  17. Great place and equally great clicks :)

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  18. Beautiful and least known place !!

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  19. Quite a grand palace

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