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The Lakshmi Vilas Palace at Vadodara in Gujarat, India, was built by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III in 1890. He named it after his queen Chimnabai I whose maiden name was Laxmibai.
It is four times the size of Buckingham Palace, and cost £1,80,000 to build. It is the largest private dwelling built till date. It contains 150+ rooms, and once had over 300 servants to maintain it. The palace grounds is about 500 acres!
In the 1930s Maharaja Pratapsinh created a golf course for use by his European guests. The course has since been renovated and expanded and opened to the public.
It remains the residence of the royal family who continue to be held in high esteem by the residents of Baroda.
PS: there is an airport nearby and the plane was on its flight path to land there.
PPS: this is a spherical projection of a stitch of 2 images.
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The Lakshmi Vilas Palace at Vadodara in Gujarat, India, was built by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III in 1890. He named it after his queen Chimnabai I whose maiden name was Laxmibai.
It is four times the size of Buckingham Palace, and cost £1,80,000 to build. It is the largest private dwelling built till date. It contains 150+ rooms, and once had over 300 servants to maintain it. The palace grounds is about 500 acres!
In the 1930s Maharaja Pratapsinh created a golf course for use by his European guests. The course has since been renovated and expanded and opened to the public.
It remains the residence of the royal family who continue to be held in high esteem by the residents of Baroda.
PS: there is an airport nearby and the plane was on its flight path to land there.
PPS: this is a spherical projection of a stitch of 2 images.