Jai Vilas Palace, Gwalior.
Jai Vilas is unmatched in scale and splendour.
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| Jai Vilas Palace, Gwalior. |
Tourist Attractions :
- The durbar hall for formal audience measures 15 meters by 85 meters with the roof over 12 meters high.
- The ceiling is painted in pale green and gold and the floor is covered with perhaps the largest one-piece carpet woven in situ by the carpet makers in the world.
- This is the room about which lady Dufferin the Vicereine exclaimed in 1884, " The magnificent room in which we lost ourselves last night".
- The two crystal chandeliers are reputed to be the largest in the world with the possible exception of one on display in the Tsar’s winter palace outside Moscow.
- When the huge chandeliers were about to be installed, doubts were expressed whether the ceiling would bear the combined weight of about six tons.
- The ruler of Gwalior could indulge in such expensive fancies because he was one of the richest men of his tome. Griffith, a British author, has provided a glimpse of the treasure he had amassed.