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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Tel (0291) 254 8790. Mehrangarh
Fort and Museum: Open daily. n
Museum Trust. & Extra charges
for photography. 0 = m e

Blue-washed houses of Brahmapuri village, clustered below the ramparts
of Mehrangarh Fort

. Moti Mahal
Built between 1581 and 1595, this
magnificent room was the Hall of Private
Audience. Its ceiling is decorated with
mirrors and gold leaf, and crushed seashells
were mixed with plaster to give its walls
a lustrous sheen.

Takhat Mahal
This exuberantly painted room with a wooden
ceiling was the favourite retreat of Maharaja
Takhat Singh (r.1843–73), who had 30 queens
and numerous concubines.
KEY
1 Carved balconies crown the 8 Chokelao Palace, now under
towering bastions. restoration, was a pleasure palace
built around a sunken garden.
2 Shringar Chowk
9 Jhanki Mahal is a long gallery
3 Palki Khana with exquisite latticed stone screens.
4 Suraj Pol is the entrance 0 Phool Mahal
to the museum.
q Sileh Khana’s exceptional
5 Nagnechiaji Mandir has collection of weapons includes
a 14th-century image of the damascened Mughal daggers,
goddess Kuldevi, the family deity gem-studded shields, and special
of the rulers. armour for war elephants.
6 Chamundi Devi Mandir is w Jai Pol, one of the seven fortified
dedicated to the goddess Durga in gates to the fort, is now the main
entrance. It was built in 1806 by
her wrathful aspect.
Maharaja Man Singh to commemorate
7 Zenana Chowk a victory in battle.

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