Dec. 24, 2001 - Inside the Junagarh Fort - #1
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Karan Mahal (Public Audience Hall), the first monument of Bikaner and second oldest in Rajputana is based on the classic Mughal style, the plan for the construction of which were conceived during the reign of Raja Karan Singhji. It was erected in about 1690 by Maharaja Anup Singhji as a memorial monument of his father Raja Karan Singhji. This monument is also a tribute to the restoration and elevation of the status of Bikaner State.

Karan Mahal is covered with rich Rajput elaboration of Mughal style in terms of the purity of white marble and stucco design. The exquisite economic design is so characteristic of classic Art like Diwan-I-Khass, Rang Mahal and Mumtaj Mahal at Delhi. It has the same wooden ceiling resting on a board cornice and a surrounding Gallery behind a row of cusped arches resting on short bellied columns of the type of fashion under Aurangzeb.



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Inside


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Gold inlayed walls


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Beautiful archways


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Close up of the columns


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Information about the Karan Mahal


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More pictures of the walls


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Outside


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Carved Windows


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Statue


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Blue Walls


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