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Photos Of Monsoon Palace

Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Perched majestically atop the Bansdara peak of the Aravalli hills at an elevation of 3100 feet above sea level, the Monsoon Palace, officially known as Sajjangarh Palace, is a 19th-century royal residence. Built by Maharana Sajjan Singh in 1884, this palace was originally intended to be a nine-stor y astronomical center to track monsoon clouds, though the King’s untimely death at age 26 halted the grand plan. His successor, Maharana Fateh Singh, completed it as a hunting lodge and monsoon retreat for the Mewar royals. The palace offers a bird’s-eye view of the city’s lakes—Lake Pichola and Fateh Sagar—and is famously featured in the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy. Its white marble facade glows gold at sunset, making it a symbolic landmark of Udaipur’s royal heritage and natural beauty.:
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