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India's palaces, spectacular memorials to the greatest surge of royal building that the world has ever seen, epitomize the opulence and exoticism of the subcontinent's past. Built by proud Rajahs the palaces were often statements of wealth and autonomy directed at the governing British who would be graciously received into luxury undreamt of in Victorian England. After 1957, stripped of their revenue and purpose, the princes found that these splendid symbols of their former wealth and power had become white elephants overnight. Now, however, with the growth of tourism in India these once decaying palaces are being opened as hotels, offering visitors hospitality in the homes of India's former ruling class. In beautiful surroundings, often miles from the nearest city, overlooking vast lakes and mountain ranges, daunting plains or untamed jungles, guests walk down corridors that once echoed with the whisperings of courtiers and concubines, and sleep beneath a canopy reserved for important visiting viceroys. Where the hotels are still in the hands of royal owners, who retain the highest status in their villages, an added attraction is that the visitor is treated like an honoured guest

Author

Michael Sugich; photographs by Mohammed Akram

Publisher

Trafalgar Square

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9781851455201

Subjects

Travel, History, Humanities

Updated

2026-03-24