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The Lake Palace was built between 1743 and 1746<ref name="tajhotels1"/> under the direction of the Maharana [[Jagat Singh II]] (62nd successor to the royal dynasty of [[Mewar]]) of [[Udaipur, Rajasthan]] as a summer palace. It was initially called ''Jagniwas'' or ''Jan Niwas'' after its founder. | The Lake Palace was built between 1743 and 1746<ref name="tajhotels1"/> under the direction of the Maharana [[Jagat Singh II]] (62nd successor to the royal dynasty of [[Mewar]]) of [[Udaipur, Rajasthan]] as a summer palace. It was initially called ''Jagniwas'' or ''Jan Niwas'' after its founder. | ||
The palace was constructed facing east, allowing its inhabitants to pray to [[Surya]], the Hindu sun god, at the crack of dawn.<ref name="indiasite1">{{cite web |url=http://www.indiasite.com/rajasthan/udaipur/lakepalace.html |title=Jag Niwas Lake Palace, Jag Niwas Palace in Udaipur India, Lake Palace Udaipur Rajasthan |publisher=Indiasite.com |access-date=2010-07-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822082159/http://www.indiasite.com/rajasthan/udaipur/lakepalace.html |archive-date=22 August 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The successive rulers used this palace | The palace was constructed facing east, allowing its inhabitants to pray to [[Surya]], the Hindu sun god, at the crack of dawn.<ref name="indiasite1">{{cite web |url=http://www.indiasite.com/rajasthan/udaipur/lakepalace.html |title=Jag Niwas Lake Palace, Jag Niwas Palace in Udaipur India, Lake Palace Udaipur Rajasthan |publisher=Indiasite.com |access-date=2010-07-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822082159/http://www.indiasite.com/rajasthan/udaipur/lakepalace.html |archive-date=22 August 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Jagat Singh felt that the City Palace was too public to invite the beautiful young ladies of Udaipur with decadent, moonlit picnics. Therefore a palace in the centre of Lake Pichola would offer a lot more privacy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://millispotter.com/hotel/lake-palace-hotel/|title=Lake Palace Hotel History|access-date=2021-08-03}}</ref> The successive rulers used this palace | ||
as their summer resort, holding their regal [[Durbar (court)|durbars]] in its courtyards lined with columns, pillared terraces, fountains, and gardens. | as their summer resort, holding their regal [[Durbar (court)|durbars]] in its courtyards lined with columns, pillared terraces, fountains, and gardens. | ||
The walls are made of black and white marbles and are adorned by semi-precious stones and ornamented niches. Gardens, fountains, pillared terraces and columns line its courtyards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tourism.rajasthan.gov.in/udaipur|title=Udaipur Tourism: Places to Visit in Udaipur - Rajasthan Tourism|website=tourism.rajasthan.gov.in|language=en-IN|access-date=2016-11-16}}</ref> | The walls are made of black and white marbles and are adorned by semi-precious stones and ornamented niches. Gardens, fountains, pillared terraces and columns line its courtyards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tourism.rajasthan.gov.in/udaipur|title=Udaipur Tourism: Places to Visit in Udaipur - Rajasthan Tourism|website=tourism.rajasthan.gov.in|language=en-IN|access-date=2016-11-16}}</ref> | ||
{{wide image|Lakepalace-udaipur.jpg|1150px| | {{wide image|Lakepalace-udaipur.jpg|1150px|align-cap=center|Relation of the palace to the city of Udaipur Panorama from [[Jag Mandir]] Island}} | ||
The upper room is a perfect circle and is about {{convert|21|ft|m}} in diameter. Its floor is inlaid with black and white marble, the walls are ornamented with niches and decorated with arabesques of colored stones, the dome is exquisitely beautiful in form.<ref name="indiasite1"/>{{According to whom|date=December 2018}} | The upper room is a perfect circle and is about {{convert|21|ft|m}} in diameter. Its floor is inlaid with black and white marble, the walls are ornamented with niches and decorated with arabesques of colored stones, the dome is exquisitely beautiful in form.<ref name="indiasite1"/>{{According to whom|date=December 2018}} | ||
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By the latter half of the 19th century, time and weather took their toll on the extraordinary water palaces of Udaipur. [[Pierre Loti]], a French writer, described Jag Niwas as "slowly moldering in the damp emanations of the lake." About the same time bicyclists [[Fanny Bullock Workman]] and her husband William Hunter Workman were distressed by the 'cheap and tasteless style' of the interiors of the water palaces with "an assortment of infirm European furniture, wooden clocks, coloured glass ornaments, and children's toys, all of which seems to the visitor quite out of place, where he would naturally expect a dignified display of Eastern splendor."<ref name="indiasite1"/> | By the latter half of the 19th century, time and weather took their toll on the extraordinary water palaces of Udaipur. [[Pierre Loti]], a French writer, described Jag Niwas as "slowly moldering in the damp emanations of the lake." About the same time bicyclists [[Fanny Bullock Workman]] and her husband William Hunter Workman were distressed by the 'cheap and tasteless style' of the interiors of the water palaces with "an assortment of infirm European furniture, wooden clocks, coloured glass ornaments, and children's toys, all of which seems to the visitor quite out of place, where he would naturally expect a dignified display of Eastern splendor."<ref name="indiasite1"/> | ||
{{wide image|Lake-palace-udaipur-rajasthan.jpg|1000px| | {{wide image|Lake-palace-udaipur-rajasthan.jpg|1000px|align-cap=center|Lake Palace in Udaipur}} | ||
The reign of [[Bhupal Singh|Maharana Sir Bhopal Singh]] (1930–55) saw the addition of another pavilion, Chandra Prakash, but otherwise the Jag Niwas remained unaltered and decaying. [[Geoffrey Kendal]], the theater personality, described the palace during his visit in the 1950s as "totally deserted, the stillness broken only by the humming of clouds of mosquitoes."<ref name="indiasite1"/> | The reign of [[Bhupal Singh|Maharana Sir Bhopal Singh]] (1930–55) saw the addition of another pavilion, Chandra Prakash, but otherwise the Jag Niwas remained unaltered and decaying. [[Geoffrey Kendal]], the theater personality, described the palace during his visit in the 1950s as "totally deserted, the stillness broken only by the humming of clouds of mosquitoes."<ref name="indiasite1"/> | ||
[[File:H0KNKH19.jpg|thumb|210px|Lily Pond at Lake Palace, Udaipur]] | [[File:H0KNKH19.jpg|thumb|210px|Lily Pond at Lake Palace, Udaipur]] | ||