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Lalgarh Palace and Museum
Lalgarh Palace, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India Phone: Not AvailableAbout
Lalgarh Palace was built for Sir Ganga Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner, between 1902 and 1926. The Maharaja endowed a part of Lallgarh Palace to be used in service of the trust. The three storey complex is coated in red sandstone quarried from the Thar Desert . The complex contains the features considered essential for a late 19th-century palace: drawing rooms, smoking rooms, guest suites, several grand halls, lounges, cupolas , pavilions , including a dining room which could seat 400 diners. The complex features magnificent pillars, elaborate fireplaces, Italian colonnades and intricate latticework and filigree work.