This Photograph Is Taken From Amber Fort-Jaipur And This Place Is Known As "Sheesh Mahal" In English "Palace Of Glass".This Place Was Built By King Man Singh Ji In 16th Century And Completed In 1727 Which Was The Foundation Year Of Jaipur-Rajathan.This Whole Wall Is Completely Carved With Beautiful Paintings And Flowers And That Too Made With Pure Glass.The Reason Why It Was Made Of Glass Was,The Queen Was Not Allowed To Sleep In Open Air During The Ancient Times But She Loved To See The Stars Shining.To This The King Ordered His Architects To Make Something Which Could Solve The Purpose.To This The Architects Made A Room Complete Of Very Small And Big Glasses.After That They Burnt Two Candles And The Relfection Converted That Small Light Into Thousands Of Stars In Those Small And Big Glasses.This Was How The Queen Became Happy.Previously This Room Was Open For All But Now Entry Is Restricted As People Has Spoiled The Glasses By Breaking Them.But Still From Outside We Can See The Amazing Glass Work.Would Like To Share With You The Amazing Technology And The Excellent Work That The Old People Used To Do...Great Jaipur,Great India...
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Amber Fort-Sheesh Mahal(Palace Of Glasses)
This Photograph Is Taken From Amber Fort-Jaipur And This Place Is Known As "Sheesh Mahal" In English "Palace Of Glass".This Place Was Built By King Man Singh Ji In 16th Century And Completed In 1727 Which Was The Foundation Year Of Jaipur-Rajathan.This Whole Wall Is Completely Carved With Beautiful Paintings And Flowers And That Too Made With Pure Glass.The Reason Why It Was Made Of Glass Was,The Queen Was Not Allowed To Sleep In Open Air During The Ancient Times But She Loved To See The Stars Shining.To This The King Ordered His Architects To Make Something Which Could Solve The Purpose.To This The Architects Made A Room Complete Of Very Small And Big Glasses.After That They Burnt Two Candles And The Relfection Converted That Small Light Into Thousands Of Stars In Those Small And Big Glasses.This Was How The Queen Became Happy.Previously This Room Was Open For All But Now Entry Is Restricted As People Has Spoiled The Glasses By Breaking Them.But Still From Outside We Can See The Amazing Glass Work.Would Like To Share With You The Amazing Technology And The Excellent Work That The Old People Used To Do...Great Jaipur,Great India...
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That is a beautiful story :) I hope someone loves me enough to make me a glass wall if I want to see stars one day!
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What a beautiful story and photo. It is sad that anyone would break such a glorious thing.
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it would be nicer if you got a pictures zoomed with the glass work =p but anyway i guess you must have other motive... you wanna use go visit there and see the amazing work ourselves right?? okok... Mahal is palace huuh in hindi... like the famous Taj Mahal =p i wanna go there XD
Beautiful photo. I love the place and the story - thanks for sharing:)
A lovely story. Love knows no bounds.
I enjoyed this post.
Fabulous story! This Palace is like a fairy tale!
Léia
Smiling Hello India:)
Oh, and all the walls and their ceilings are embellished with colourful glasses. I just can't stop dreaming right now. Do you know if Royal dreams come true one day:)
The story lies behind this splendid centerpiece of attraction doubles its significance. Wish you could share some zoom-zoom photos of the ornate mosaics, tinted mirrors and more about the glass embellishments. Maybe next time.
I know this one. It's beautiful!
Thanks for sharing this beautiful image of the Palace! Interesting text too!
Another great story from India!!!
That's incredible. And beautiful.
Beautiful! I love how they solved the problem :-). Thank you for coming to my blog and leaving your lovely comment. Thank you for the prayers. Bless you.
amazing to think they could do such glass work in the 1700s. I can't imagine how many hours it took to make
How beautiful...the building and the story! So sad that some have to destroy so that none of us may enjoy.
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Beautiful and loved the details about the history.
It is incredibly and really beautiful.
Wow, Beautiful story and beautiful picture. No doubt the makers did a terrific job by being able to show the queen stars that too inside the palace! Good one!
We had an amazing visit to Rajasthan in March and travelled all around -so I was happy to find your blog.
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Bharat: That is a beautiful palace, I wonder why people would destroy such a neat place.
Very nice and informative blog for my Trips.
A palace of made glass? wow. Nice shot.(BTW Thanks)
I love the intricate detail in design. Recently I saw Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur at the Seattle Asian Art Museum, that opened my eyes to all this beautiful detail. This picture reminds me of that. I wish we could see the light shine through the glass. I can only imagine . . .
What an amazing story. Thanks for sharing it!
Beautiful! I hope you will visit us inside
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That's an amazing sight. And such a great story. I sure hope this'll be preserved for generations to come!
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Thanks for a very interesting and informative post. The photo shows a very beautiful wall -- I was sorry to read that tourists have broken some of the glass.
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What an enchanting story and beautiful photo Thanks for sharing
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What an amazing place. There is something so very contemporary and visionary about this building. So very unlike what was going on in the Western world when this was being constructed.
That's interesting, palace buildt with glass. It doesn't look like glass from the photo though. Does that mean it will break if you hit hard on it?
That is amazing!
Such masterpieces must be well preserved...it's a great part of a country's history. I checked you site, nice one. You may check my web page too for more photo finds.
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I am enjoying yours--especially this story and the gorgeous Palace of Glasses. WOW!!!! Amazing.
Thanks again,
Betsy
Hello Bharat, thanks for giving us the opportunity to know India through your eyes and your images, it will be a pleasure to travel with you by visiting your blog. It will be a luxury to have youas a guide! Greetings from Spain!
The next best thing to have; a hugh caleidoscope! It saddens me that people needs something to show off with and ruin things wherever they go. Great story!
Beautiful photo and story! Wow!
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