Jag Mandir
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Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Wed 24 Apr 2019 22:47
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Jag Mandir to See the Palace
Garden
   Jag Mandir (or Jagmandir) also called the "Lake Garden Palace" was
built by three Sisodia Raipauts Maharanas of the Mewar Kingdom. The construction
of the palace was started in 1551 by Maharana Amar Singh, continued by Maharana
Karan Singh (1620–1628) and finally completed by Maharana Jagat Singh I
(1628–1652). It is named as "Jagat Mandir" in honour of the last chap. The royal
family used the palace as a summer resort and pleasure palace for holding
parties. We stepped off the little visitors boat, a sign
welcomed us, up the steps passed the noble elephants and found ourselves in quite
a courtyard.
  A pretty sitting area with
coffee bar at the far end. On the other side of the courtyard, the main palace building.
  Beyond the terrace a fountain
and another in front of the
palace.
  Formal garden and the Picholi Bar.
 Looking from this end of the island, to the left the hotel suites, the garden
building at the far end.
   Past the suites and pretty niches
and lamps. I wouldn’t fancy being here and having
piles of tourists bimble past my digs.....not for the cost of the
rooms. Mmmm, no doubt some want to shove their cameras in the
window. Anyhoo, past the garden pavilion and there we
were at the other end of the island and entering the
garden itself.
 A quiet oasis away from the
hooting over the other side.
  Very green, lush and well trimmed considering the forty odd
degrees.
  Pity the fountain was empty.
Near the end was a bandstand with
steps.
  At the far corner we looked back to
the garden pavilion, over the other side, unsure, only for employees.
   Beautiful lamps all around the
edge, all the inner paths had posts with an elephant
atop and a pregnant little friend scampered
her sleek, shiny form in front of us.
 We went to the corner to take
in the view.........
  ..........pity a congregation ‘down
below’ but at least a pigeon enjoyed a perch
in the sun.......
 The
view.
   Completing our
circumped........
  Main lawn to the right and
a lady doing a bit of scarifying to the
left.
 The garden pavilion.
   A very enjoyable
garden.
ALL IN ALL AN ISLAND REFUGE VERY NEATLY LOOKED AFTER |