Shiv Niwas Palace
| Shiv Niwas Palace | |
|---|---|
 Shiv Niwas Palace, Udaipur | |
  Location within Rajasthan | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Rajput architecture |
| Town or city | Udaipur |
| Country | India |
Shiv Niwas Palace is a former residence of the
Guesthouse
Located to the south side of and part of the
During its time as a guesthouse it hosted a number of royal gatherings and VIP visits from all over the world, including
By the time that Bhagwat Singh succeeded to the throne of Mewar in 1955, it was becoming increasing difficult for the royal family to afford the cost of maintaining the large numbers of royal residences that they owned, in particular the city palace. Following his success in converting the Lake Palace into an income generating hotel he decided to also convert the Shiv Niwas and the smaller Fateh Prakash Palace into luxury heritage hotels. After a 4 year long period of conversion the Shiv Niwas opened as a hotel in 1982.[1]
Hotel
The 3 levels of the palace are arranged in a semicircular arc around an internal courtyard in the middle of which is a marble pool.
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A room in the palace -
Another room in the palace
When first built the palace had nine suites, all on the ground floor. During its conversion into a hotel, eight apartments were added in a new second story so that the hotel now has 36 guest rooms consisting of:[4]
- 19 deluxe rooms
- 8 terrace suites
- 6 royal suites
- 3 imperial suites
Since its conversion into a hotel it has played host to, among others,
The hotel is run by the HRH Group of Hotels, itself owned by the current Maharana.
The palace was featured in the 1983 James Bond movie Octopussy.
References
- ^ Crites & Nanji 2007, p. 244
- ^ Crump & Toh 1996, p. 249
- ^ Crites & Nanji 2007, p. 38
- ^ "Shiv Niwas Palace,Udaipur". Retrieved 6 November 2011.
Literature
- Badhwar, Inderjit; Leong, Susan (2006). India Chic. Singapore: Bolding Books. ISBN 981-4155-57-8.
- Crites, Mitchell Shelby; Nanji, Ameeta (2007). India Sublime – Princely Palace Hotels of Rajasthan. New York: Rizzoli. ISBN 978-0-8478-2979-8.
- Crump, Vivien; Toh, Irene (1996). Rajasthan. London: Everyman Guides. ISBN 1-85715-887-3.
- Michell, George; Martinelli, Antonio (2005). The Palaces of Rajasthan. London: Frances Lincoln. ISBN 978-0-7112-2505-3.
- Warren, William; Gocher, Jill (2007). Asia's Legendary Hotels: The Romance of Travel. Singapore: Periplus Editions. ISBN 978-0-7946-0174-4.
External links
- "Homepage of the royal family of Mewar". Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- Official Website of Shiv Niwas Palace udaipur
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