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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} | {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} | ||
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}} | {{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}} | ||
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[[File:Mubarak_Mandi_Complex.jpg|thumb|Mubarak Mandi Palace seen from across the Tawi River]] | [[File:Mubarak_Mandi_Complex.jpg|thumb|Mubarak Mandi Palace seen from across the Tawi River]] | ||
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The Dogra art museum is situated within the ‘Pink Hall’. It has a rich collection containing [[miniature (illuminated manuscript)|miniature]] paintings of various styles of the region. The miniatures belong to the [[Kangra painting|Kangra]], [[Jammu]] and the [[Basholi]] art schools. But it also has a gold painted bow and arrow of Mughal [[emperor]] [[Shah Jahan]]. The pink hall owes its name to the pink plastered walls of the palace section. | The Dogra art museum is situated within the ‘Pink Hall’. It has a rich collection containing [[miniature (illuminated manuscript)|miniature]] paintings of various styles of the region. The miniatures belong to the [[Kangra painting|Kangra]], [[Jammu]] and the [[Basholi]] art schools. But it also has a gold painted bow and arrow of Mughal [[emperor]] [[Shah Jahan]]. The pink hall owes its name to the pink plastered walls of the palace section. | ||
The Gol Ghar section is located in the southern part of the complex. It has four storeys and overlooks the Tawi river. It has been gutted down in the mid 1980s as a result of an earthquake. Consequently, roofs and floors collapsed, leaving the building as a ruin. | The Gol Ghar section is located in the southern part of the complex. It has four storeys and overlooks the Tawi river. It has been gutted down in the mid-1980s as a result of an earthquake. Consequently, roofs and floors collapsed, leaving the building as a ruin. | ||
The Sheesh Mahal is made entirely of glass. | The Sheesh Mahal is made entirely of glass. | ||
The palace, which is a heritage site declared by the state government, is proposed to be linked with a rope way running up to the [[Bahu Fort]], another heritage site in the city. | The palace, which is a heritage site declared by the state government, is proposed to be linked with a rope way running up to the [[Bahu Fort]], another heritage site in the city. | ||
==Bibliography== | |||
* Poonam Chaudhary, and Jasbir Singh Katoch: 'Mubarak Mandi Palace - Inheritance Of An Ailing Heritage. Jammu', Jammu: Saksham Books International 2008. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://www. | * [http://www.bcmtouriheritage-complex-jammu-crumbling-edifice-t13585/ Forum post about the Mubarak Mandi palace] | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120426002332/http://studio1860.org/Studio/Projects/Conservation/Mubarak_mandi/Mubarak_mandi.aspx Website from a conservation enterprise working at the Mubarak Mandi] | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120426002332/http://studio1860.org/Studio/Projects/Conservation/Mubarak_mandi/Mubarak_mandi.aspx Website from a conservation enterprise working at the Mubarak Mandi] | ||
* [http://www.jammu.com/jammu/about/local_sites.htm#1 Website from Jammu city on local sights] | * [http://www.jammu.com/jammu/about/local_sites.htm#1 Website from Jammu city on local sights] | ||