Badal Mahal
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Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Thu 25 Apr 2019 22:47
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Badal Mahal
 When we
first arrived at the Kumbhalgarh Fort and looked up, we couldn’t help but say
wow. Badal Mahal
also known as the 'Palace of Clouds', is the highest point in the
fort and although it looks huge, is only the bit at
the top left of the picture. It is a modest two-storey palace. The whole
building is parted into two interconnected mahals called the Mardana Mahal (male
section) and the Zanana Mahal (female section).
 Plenty of steep zig-zag
paths before we got to the
palace.
  Nearly there, even more impressive the closer we got and then through the inner gate.
 Through the door and into the
courtyard. Meeting room to our right, guest bedrooms
ahead.
  The first two bedrooms
had red highlight lines and elephant murals, very
male.
  Pretty ceiling design
though and carved marble doorframes.
  Ladies bedrooms
soft green decorations, but still the same elephant hunting
scenes (representative of the 19th century).
 We knew these were the females
quarters,
in the Zanana Mahal because of the windows
(jalis) through which the queen could watch court proceedings and other
main events. These chambers have ‘air conditioning systems’ via a series of duct
pipes that allows cool air into the once beautiful
rooms.
       The elephant murals were certainly getting down and
dirty...........
  In the corner of the courtyard a
shrine.
 Up the stairs to look down on the
courtyard and the door we came in
through.
   Bimbling around we found empty rooms, saw the topmost dome, the air
conditioning (quite a breeze going down the corner trap). Up the next
stairs to the top.
    Some of the views and to the
right, the top of the little building where Maharana Pratap Singh I (9th of May
1540 to 19th of January 1597) was born.
  Looking down from the back of the palace – inner and outer
walls.
 Down a set of
stairs and out for a better look at the Maharana’s
birthplace.
 Back outside –
perhaps an exercise area. Loved it.
 A little pretty as we
left.
ALL IN ALL STUNNING VIEWS FROM A HOMELY MAHAL VERY GRAND |