Gajner Palace, Bikaner.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="http://www.eternalmewar.in/User/Travel/Hotels/Grand_Heritage/Gajner/index.aspx">Gajner Palace</a></b> in Bikaner was our second destination after experiencing the <i>havelis </i>in <a href="http://rangdecor.blogspot.com/2010/02/hotel-mandawa-haveli.html">Mandawa</a>, Shekhawati.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As we entered the palace premises, we knew we were in for a royal experience:-) </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><a href="http://www.eternalmewar.in/User/Travel/Hotels/Grand_Heritage/Gajner/index.aspx">Gajner Palace</a></b> was built by <b>H.H. Maharaja Sir Ganga Singhji</b>, the dynamic ruler of Bikaner. The architecture is a unique blend of traditional Rajput sandstone carvings on the exterior and the interiors styled in a typical late 19th century European country houses.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDVzUt05NKdtuFiiOchMDatc_G4AxWnbjdkwivTUALZnHle6n1BEKQiw6nACNvNtKiG7_wX9HDTh5R0g6gw_lu-Zr86fhSsa1U84aPKMU5g1yOOXBHIGt58Fo642u4H_gdHwOMwmXBg1s/s1600-h/g3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" height="426" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451281915004394898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7SW2M-GSguP5nhMkzMH-mWePApc1ZlHXA_8IzL0-TnPYtkRCsb54KHIL7TMY5-FbfURKraoItWvjkoVsLREvNM5S1ObLikSbIrMgFk_V7MZZoIaa9lFfCwl8YQBTRr_WAfkrJ6zAXqmA/s640/gaj5.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;" width="640" /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjesU5-ZKYlBKn9j00jpJ1HO-4qROSaI_BPj9gufB84I-mPsS94wCr7U8ML_60lSxLpT1LYPr1mSJmNach76yKLGBbytaZDFqIgIl4rqEuAkh4a4hruVpbyCykVIXmpjctr4sEszs65IJI/s1600-h/g2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><img alt="" border="0" height="426" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451281911304985554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvo6Odb6wSGw9KVJ9ZJ3Ct1GD9-9sprrqOKS5GSGjhRqJWLJ6W9RcD7f13JwUXyARZt_G8Q9IaD80Mxr-NBg8EgEgrViBe23wJGRVQzk9SRtvwfSpDrFev68vLGeAjoVXgWqDRbpu7aEU/s640/gaj4.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Beautiful traditional metal pots lining the steps leading to the reception.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPew5QtGZSqt1Xw2XE8NYANhLuxKJp1y6JIsRZnHXq_IUBu8XYiPA4zwOEouqkjI-YF86LCc548n6YX-j6JMRxdePA3Fe0dnoK00d_npAv6cgRAA9k7vw_ZKmII9ibGUx65o0uiyGMvdE/s1600-h/g1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><br /><div><img alt="" border="0" height="582" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451690056546486962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPew5QtGZSqt1Xw2XE8NYANhLuxKJp1y6JIsRZnHXq_IUBu8XYiPA4zwOEouqkjI-YF86LCc548n6YX-j6JMRxdePA3Fe0dnoK00d_npAv6cgRAA9k7vw_ZKmII9ibGUx65o0uiyGMvdE/s640/g1.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;" width="640" /><img alt="" border="0" height="426" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451281926814483730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVHWl3AdqRbzBGmybB8RmyPJn3ZGfYbiX9rxz-oAMaC2HOMtCIoqW3i-cW9dyUXbbVzqWcU6EBNyNo5d3MpuC0USfc5IS9n7j9LuzKQiNMb2zHMwW86h67CMVvaCDFUy_WPMk731H1J0/s640/gaj6.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;" width="640" /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><b><a href="http://www.eternalmewar.in/User/Travel/Hotels/Grand_Heritage/Gajner/index.aspx">Gajner Palace</a></b> is constructed along the embankment of a lake. The Palace grounds are a private wildlife sanctuary. </span></div><br /><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: left;">It was so beautiful to sit along the side of the lake and watch many migratory water birds:-)</div></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76OuykAsKpNKoZ7XSYmNeLMl_Xsx4SFT1HVYgDJU-9RMrYYFPzewmEkvDjRGNkgrdbKm_l7i3RHZt1KuvsVg7QLacoHym2hNMJaP2l-CDlAj37qou2YDy_LHtxXracE6m0PAe1pLfljs/s1600-h/gaj7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76OuykAsKpNKoZ7XSYmNeLMl_Xsx4SFT1HVYgDJU-9RMrYYFPzewmEkvDjRGNkgrdbKm_l7i3RHZt1KuvsVg7QLacoHym2hNMJaP2l-CDlAj37qou2YDy_LHtxXracE6m0PAe1pLfljs/s1600-h/gaj7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRasjf-kfbNghFCFlq8yKk3JYIU1AcCqKQaFe0-7qrXK43DmbZijhZ-L22gdDTNdvr1Hbk_KR4RecEbEagH3AehNphPYidqFEBJ01iqHQIpovpyoBnvp5CuQ2Qbs5czKfdEOqHfkv4rc/s1600-h/4377303629_fa2ebec2d3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="text-decoration: none;"></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"></span><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451682983021676322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCi9lfRK3WO1nt5QSl1Kb8Nql37h7cviEk9yS5t6516lrmeOgnfDWFUQLR3rmy_LZ-BO6PRPTIOJOrgTEha-CS6HM9cvoKQrj04_b0tGuCvFeIb2aRU7ryi0dDBt-1YAo7uoAp0-KnAdk/s640/gaj10.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;" width="640" /></div><div>The huge central courtyard with lush green trees.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><img alt="" border="0" height="426" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451682955462346834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76OuykAsKpNKoZ7XSYmNeLMl_Xsx4SFT1HVYgDJU-9RMrYYFPzewmEkvDjRGNkgrdbKm_l7i3RHZt1KuvsVg7QLacoHym2hNMJaP2l-CDlAj37qou2YDy_LHtxXracE6m0PAe1pLfljs/s640/gaj7.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;" width="640" /></span><img alt="" border="0" height="576" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451682987851429986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij6Bk5pt94WCA6z02QzvFNAnJKN2PpN4rTqDQ2EFA4DsfKqBFfO-uPblptgnrA8n_1_OX_9lHNnrsNYNfAoPSYz5VDiCFjj-Utoj97EubSXap_WgKQudjB5BGg9suPBqKJh5Fgt_Jd7Ss/s640/gaj11.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;" width="640" /></span>Floating flowers always have my full attention:-)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQN6NBlXov69Pg1ijgGQbDvpzxDQmMQuNAvbey1hUnAici7SbBUr2kmuc1RL5ZM9aax8nGA8g1QlmUHp9_t6Nmh17Rcl-QkLC2ROFG1eAl8FMjGKsItgyuv9UO6VUo0QjvwBWzJpcDluc/s1600-h/4252368093_36059f240a.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" height="588" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451690076188408466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDVzUt05NKdtuFiiOchMDatc_G4AxWnbjdkwivTUALZnHle6n1BEKQiw6nACNvNtKiG7_wX9HDTh5R0g6gw_lu-Zr86fhSsa1U84aPKMU5g1yOOXBHIGt58Fo642u4H_gdHwOMwmXBg1s/s640/g3.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: left;">...and the attention of the parrots too:-) What a lovely sight it was!</div><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451281899725804562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCc2WAQ1xSx7UZL2E2d57zRYbTXZbWs8BY-oYNHXn3LJZsx53wR2s1HmV68PGo8o7SGFSMa5j_LCrIj-VvHkPF6RL98iq5739S-HhwtOyNZw62-Kt5AmxdXWhNGnpph9xpNCIugVEPWS8/s640/gaj2.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;" width="640" /><b>Gajner Palace </b>used to be a hunting resort used by former Maharajas and visiting British dignitaries during the days of the <i>Raj</i>.<br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><img alt="" border="0" height="426" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451682961888296018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-Z9n8oIWY_vZKxBCqodKiKJCbNqqKEjFqmSw__aqwN88Zcn-Og_y6TW09hDa1a9t7AoSkLyRl2fFwpIA7nTQ16gquRHPyJaBkCcabzaj6Hc4N77tXcpY6Tqu6cgc-EI3nR1zwUDno0o/s640/gaj8.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;" width="640" /></span>The view of the lake from our room.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQN6NBlXov69Pg1ijgGQbDvpzxDQmMQuNAvbey1hUnAici7SbBUr2kmuc1RL5ZM9aax8nGA8g1QlmUHp9_t6Nmh17Rcl-QkLC2ROFG1eAl8FMjGKsItgyuv9UO6VUo0QjvwBWzJpcDluc/s1600-h/4252368093_36059f240a.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="text-decoration: none;"></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><img alt="" border="0" height="558" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451690064552384994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjesU5-ZKYlBKn9j00jpJ1HO-4qROSaI_BPj9gufB84I-mPsS94wCr7U8ML_60lSxLpT1LYPr1mSJmNach76yKLGBbytaZDFqIgIl4rqEuAkh4a4hruVpbyCykVIXmpjctr4sEszs65IJI/s640/g2.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;" width="640" /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQN6NBlXov69Pg1ijgGQbDvpzxDQmMQuNAvbey1hUnAici7SbBUr2kmuc1RL5ZM9aax8nGA8g1QlmUHp9_t6Nmh17Rcl-QkLC2ROFG1eAl8FMjGKsItgyuv9UO6VUo0QjvwBWzJpcDluc/s1600-h/4252368093_36059f240a.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" border="0" height="462" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451684929122541682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQN6NBlXov69Pg1ijgGQbDvpzxDQmMQuNAvbey1hUnAici7SbBUr2kmuc1RL5ZM9aax8nGA8g1QlmUHp9_t6Nmh17Rcl-QkLC2ROFG1eAl8FMjGKsItgyuv9UO6VUo0QjvwBWzJpcDluc/s640/4252368093_36059f240a.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;" width="640" /></a>Stunning floor tiles in the corridor leading to the colonial-style rooms. </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><img alt="" border="0" height="507" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451690088539958978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUk_hCypLSqW2bBk1VM9LB2yYnCFaY7MP8rbauZgkT33Jq9VQMLeFswuHOLBH1ptaji2ZE9SHxvixhEHMP2w_SII0iRHy5DMOebeSc6tIvgCjMzTA-KnRu5Tq_Rrc3al2EvxmrfHWkHDk/s640/g4.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;" width="640" /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Another view of stunning architecture.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij6Bk5pt94WCA6z02QzvFNAnJKN2PpN4rTqDQ2EFA4DsfKqBFfO-uPblptgnrA8n_1_OX_9lHNnrsNYNfAoPSYz5VDiCFjj-Utoj97EubSXap_WgKQudjB5BGg9suPBqKJh5Fgt_Jd7Ss/s1600-h/gaj11.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><img alt="" border="0" height="426" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451684944837744370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRasjf-kfbNghFCFlq8yKk3JYIU1AcCqKQaFe0-7qrXK43DmbZijhZ-L22gdDTNdvr1Hbk_KR4RecEbEagH3AehNphPYidqFEBJ01iqHQIpovpyoBnvp5CuQ2Qbs5czKfdEOqHfkv4rc/s640/4377303629_fa2ebec2d3.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;" width="640" /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The dusk at the palace was breath-taking.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCi9lfRK3WO1nt5QSl1Kb8Nql37h7cviEk9yS5t6516lrmeOgnfDWFUQLR3rmy_LZ-BO6PRPTIOJOrgTEha-CS6HM9cvoKQrj04_b0tGuCvFeIb2aRU7ryi0dDBt-1YAo7uoAp0-KnAdk/s1600-h/gaj10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcWR7-wkt3LbcPYWMjNGvP2TjwN6a0K8JJfFs5UHsfbhDl_gmSeov3hzI4zVBNb8DBpCarCq_zOGbQxFiK5v9UN1nA84r_36HentG7fRmq1HE-XnuBHjdp1Rw5Gzp1RSEGFaTrX2nHsI/s1600-h/gaj9.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451682971293326242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcWR7-wkt3LbcPYWMjNGvP2TjwN6a0K8JJfFs5UHsfbhDl_gmSeov3hzI4zVBNb8DBpCarCq_zOGbQxFiK5v9UN1nA84r_36HentG7fRmq1HE-XnuBHjdp1Rw5Gzp1RSEGFaTrX2nHsI/s640/gaj9.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;" width="640" /></a>We were in for more surprises when the central courtyard was lit with a huge bonfire and Rajasthani folk singers singing the songs of the desert. What a beautiful winter night it was!</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451281891590463394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mYnVjFo0X-fwOQC6orbbe84IuKB7zHuHlqujdRJ0gfEfP6Z9RIiN5NrczOA8AS2I42n6kZtapXrEJqdx2QKubrDX4pBGIE7FqAyt66YI3xSOZdYvs31GV96S9_8072X2lE4SN-U5Vy8/s640/gaj1.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;" width="640" /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b><a href="http://www.eternalmewar.in/User/Travel/Hotels/Grand_Heritage/Gajner/index.aspx">T</a></b></span><b><a href="http://www.eternalmewar.in/User/Travel/Hotels/Grand_Heritage/Gajner/index.aspx">he Gajner Palace</a></b> is now part of <b><i>HRH Group of Hotels</i></b>, who have restored the palace as well as the surroundings and is today one of the most beautiful heritage hotels in Bikaner, Rajathan.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>(images by Arch)</i></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4mYnVjFo0X-fwOQC6orbbe84IuKB7zHuHlqujdRJ0gfEfP6Z9RIiN5NrczOA8AS2I42n6kZtapXrEJqdx2QKubrDX4pBGIE7FqAyt66YI3xSOZdYvs31GV96S9_8072X2lE4SN-U5Vy8/s1600-h/gaj1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></div></div></div></div>

Gajner Palace, Bikaner.

Gajner Palace in Bikaner was our second destination after experiencing the havelis in Mandawa , Shekhawati. As we entered the palace premis...

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