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Vadia Palace  

The finest Palace of Rajpipla is the Indrajeet Padmini Mahal, better known as Vadia Palace as the entire village of Vadia was demolished and re-located to build and complete this palace in the 1940s. The palace was set in a 151 acre estate, with well laid out formal gardens and mango-and-lime orchards, and the building itself covered almost 4320 sq yards. It was financed by Maharajah Vijay Sinhji's winnings at the Epsom Derby and cost around Rs.50 lakhs(Rs.5 million). The building was designed by Shapoorji Curimbouy & co in a predominantly Indo-Saracenic style, with a few western features. Inside, however, retains much of the European character one would expect from a

Vadia Palace
 

Palace erected during the 1930s and '40s. Much of the flooring is in Italian marble of different colors arranged in various geometric patterns, such that no two rooms or galleries are floored alike. At the rear is a marble fountain with intricate patterns matching the flooring of the gallery in which it is situated. Over 1000 wooden doors and windows of the Palace were made from Burma teak. The Palace was centrally air-conditioned, with ducts still visible on the walls. It had 11 bedrooms-9 distributed in the 2 storey of the Palace, a sub-terrenean chamber and a suite facing the terrace-all with baths attached.The ballroom had a Burma teak flooring, the sitting room was done up in wall paintings of dancing girls, the bar room muralled with drunk monkeys, the drawing room had beautiful paintings of events from lord Krishna's lifetime, the prayer room has a series of wall and ceiling frescoes of Hindu deities, the reception behind the portico is painted with floral and faunal subjects. As at the Natvar Niwas, the painting was done by Italian artist Wali, yet the quality of Indian devotional paintings and other local themes is flaw-less. The drawing room was illuminated with lights concealed in marble globes, which were filled also with exotic perfumes. A water circulation system revolved the marble globes such that the scent of the perfumes spread in the hall. Elevator took the royal family and their guests up to the first floor and on the terrace The kitchen was in an out-house, partially submerged so that it did not spoil the view from the galleries or from the intricate rear facade of the Palace. A 30 yard long insulated passage, took food in trolleys to the pantry in the main building. The Palace is now the Forest Ranger's College and an Ayurvedic (Pharmacy) College Other Palaces of Rajpipla are now educational and government institutions.The Summer Villa Guest House (now Arts and Science College) was constructed at Rajpipla by Maharaja Vijay Singhji in around 1930’s specially to provide star-rated accommodation for his European guests, It has two spiral wooden staircases, leading to upper floor. The symmetrical architecture with arches on both sides of passages, Italian marble flooring and plaster of Paris false ceilings still exists.

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