India's Magnificent Royal Palaces

India is home to some of the grandest and most spectacular palaces to be found anywhere in the world. In this video I shed light on four of them, talking a bit about their history and the circumstances around their construction.
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[@mitchellnagy6667]

this is a cool topic for a video. I feel like (at least in the western world) the architecture of Asia doesn't get enough play.

[@sergpie]

There are many remnants of its influences where I’m from; in Palermo (Sicily), art nouveau became a craze and was adopted to incorporate the many influences of the cultures that had left a mark on the island, namely Roman, Greek, saracen and moorish. There was, however, a widespread adoption of Indian and Islamic architecture and ornament, with modified minarets, geometric stone mosaics, and pointed curved domes. In a small town called Reggello, there is a castle called “Sammezzano” which, if you google it, will show you just how influential Hindu, Mughal, and Islamic architecture was during the art nouveau period in Italy. I’ve been there and it is out of this world.

[@sizanogreen9900]

I mean you see chinese and japanese architecture ad nauseum, persian is represented and sometimes you see indian, "indonesian" or "himalayan" architecture. But the latter three are *rare* and most definitly underrepresented.

[@ebbezackariasson3736]

There was some of that around the end of the 19th century and into the 20th. But after that the entire western world has been in the grip of this anti-architecture movement of modernism.

[@WhuDhat]

maybe that's why it's so mystical to us

[@maya-cc2sx]

even within India only western Indian architecture seems to be famous, I guess we've got to pump up the tourism dept. here

[@fritoss3437]

Babe wake up ! Kings and things just dropped à New vidéo !

[@dwarasamudra8889]

You should check out the ruins or descriptions of the historical Imperial Palaces of India. The Red Fort of Delhi, the Red Fort of Agra and the Palace at Fatehpur Sikri are the ruins of the Mughal Emperor's Imperial Palaces. The Imperial Palaces at Vijayanagara (Hampi), Chandragiri and Penukonda were the Imperial Residences of the Vijayanagara Emperors. The ruins of the Grand Pavilion at Kumrahar was one of the pleasure palaces of the Mauryan Emperors. Foriegn travellers to India describe the Imperial Mauryan Palace at Pataliputra (Patna) to be greater in size and splendour than any of the Imperial Persian palaces. Indian Palaces were kind of like Chinese Palaces in the way they were huge complexes containing multiple gates, buildings, courtyards, gardens, reservoirs etc.

[@retroman5383]

I live near patna, kumhrar, has hospital of gupta era physician dhanvantari. Mauryan pillar of big structure has been found here but only a single pillar remains of it. And a museum funded courtesy of Ratan tata. I didn't know any palace existed there since I only see a single pillar from mauryan era. rest is gupta era ayurveda hospital of dhanvantari Like the palace of magadh king ajatsatru and the palace of president of republic of Vaishali (probably around 30-50km away from patna), it only exists in floor plan. You won't find any palaces except remains of the floor plan. If you go rajgir you'll find the cyclopean wall (the great wall of bihar) and nalanda

[@Aiasmor]

Thank you for covering this! These kingdoms are an integral part of the history and heritage of the subcontinent.

[@pseudonym9215]

India can also be called the land of palaces. Between the numerous of kings and empires, there was bound to be many.

[@biomuseum6645]

How in the world aren’t these masterpieces more famous than Taj Majal?? 😐

[@sergpie]

The Taj Mahal is famous mainly because of its size, it’s story (a centuries old love tale), and for the portion of it never built.

[@ahmedfaraaz1]

Also the bold white marble facade with calligraphy, the symmetries and proportions, the gardens, and the serial vision (how the monument looks from different pov's)

[@Vajrapani108]

@@sergpie the story of Taj Mahal isn't worth celebration. Mumtaz Mahal (the wife of emperor Shah Jahan) died giving birth to his 14th child, also Shah Jahan had multiple wives. I don't know what is "romantic" here. Also to make matters worse, Shah Jahan also would regularly make love to his own daughter, jahanara, who was born through mumtaz. Far from being a monument of love, Taj Mahal is a monument that will make even the devil cower in shame. The only reason why it's popular is because the great Indian prime minister Nehru(sarcasm) promoted it instead of other far far better monuments

[@dwarasamudra8889]

There are countless Indian temples that should be more famous than the Taj Mahal. Ranakpur Temple, Aksharadham Temple, Hoysala Temples at Dwarasamudra, Chandela Temples at Kharjuravahaka, Rani Ki Vav, Brihadeeswara Temple, Konark Temple, Martand Temple, Modhera Temple, Dwarkhadhish Temple, Temples at Ellora and Ajanta, Temples at Vijayanagara, Rudreshwara Temple, Mahabodhi Temple are just a few that comes to mind

[@varungupta7562]

Its clear none of the people in this comment section have seen the Taj. They simply arent as good

[@ld-23]

It’s always in my opinion that the palaces in India are vastly underrated. What a shame. I only found out about them from the movie The Fall (2006) by Tarsem Singh starring Lee Pace (Elf king/the Hobbit). The movie has the most beautiful cinematography and visual images featuring some of India’s palaces and ancient water wells. It was a jaw dropping moment for me. Did a lot of research afterwards and fell in love with India's palaces ever since. I wish they get promoted more and protected even more from vandalism and neglect. A costly business of course.

[@sandeep5111]

You should check out South Indias intricately stone carved temples, bet you’ll be astounded

[@Gaze_LALISA]

@@sandeep5111 They were the main magnet which attracted me to India.

[@luis_zuniga]

They're as beautiful and magnificent as the ones in Europe yet they don't get the same recognition.

[@death_parade]

Western media has more important things to show in India: Such as showing the poverty in India where almost the entire country is living in extreme poverty. (Fact: 82 Million people which is only 6% of Indian population with numbers dropping very fast) Such as showing how piped water is practically a luxury (62% have piped water and its set to rise above 90% within few years due to a national mission) Such as showing how toilets are nonexistent in India (100% toilet coverage already achieved a while back, but they can continue to lie for few more years) Such as showing how Indians have no electricity (100% electricity coverage achieved but they won't tell you that) Such as showing how people live in slums (No mention of the massive government project to give these slum dwellers 12.2 Million newly built houses which these slum dwellers promptly put up for rent and return to the slums that have satellite TV and washing machines) Such as showing how India has the third highest carbon emissions in the world (No talk about how its still much lower per capita and how India also has the fourth largest solar power installed capacity ahead of Germany and how 40% of Indian electric grid is renewables powered now, a target that India was supposed to achieve in 2030 as per 2015 Paris Climate Deal. And India achieved that target in HALF the time. New target for 2030 is now tripling this renewable capacity) Such as showing how India is a flawed democracy (which they surmise based on some opinion poll of 30 people, facts on ground ignored) I could go on and on, but its clear that Western media wields selective bias and half truth as a weapon against India. So no wonder most people outside know nothing about India's achievements, past or present. I still remember the cartoon on NYT when India's Mars probe reached its destination successfully on the first attempt a decade ago.

[@rudrajeet814]

Because of people like tucker Carlson

[@arolemaprarath6615]

@@rudrajeet814 who the fvck is that?

[@Indian_gay_boi]

@@rudrajeet814 huh?

[@Indian_gay_boi]

It's because the government barely does anything to advertise them, since they are too busy with taj mahal, yeah sure taj is beautiful but it's most certainly overrated.

[@Duncan23]

I'd love to see more of these videos from around differnt parts of asia. Every time I see eastern palaces I'm always in absolute awe of the skill of the stone masons! I cannot even imagine being able to carve stone with such finesse

[@death_parade]

What was shown in this video was NOTHING. If you really want to be amazed at the skill of Ancient Indian stone masons, you should check out the Kailasa Temple. Carved out of a single rock starting from the spire instead of the foundations. A testament to the professionalism and sheer skill of Indian architects and stone masons.

[@kaloarepo288]

India has also probably the biggest castles in the world but they are not called castles but hill forts!

[@mvalthegamer2450]

Because most were closer to citadels than castles anyway, with separate detached palaces, gardens, markets and army camps inside.

[@sowmitriswamy6718]

@@mvalthegamer2450 You are right about that. They WERE citadels.

[@ManishM0126]

Hi, I am from Rajasthan. The history of Rajasthan state in India has been very glorious. Rajasthan is called the land of heroes. Heroic women like Maharana Pratap, Rana Kumbha, Rani Padmini, Rana Hammir have taken birth here. All of you must visit Rajasthan once in your lifetime. Thank you.

[@Noone-th7sn]

*heroic men

[@ManishM0126]

@@Noone-th7sn yes

[@Noone-th7sn]

@@ManishM0126 edit it

[@leaveme3559]

Too hot

[@EresirThe1st]

I’m glad some of these are still owned by royal families, and haven’t been ruined by the state or corporations

[@DjF4HD]

I live near Laxmi Vilas Palace. It’s situated in Baroda or Vadodara city. It’s just 1 km away from my home. We used to play cricket and football in it’s giant compound which is available for public use. The King was a very noble man and he genuinely care about his people.

[@srvdhar]

You could include Mysore Palace as well. Its a beautiful one. One of the most visited in India

[@h9mian]

As a Pakistani, I was waiting for it too :(

[@BigboiiTone]

I love how the ruler guy just totally took the random hermit seriously and built an epic palace there

[@nicolek4076]

I'm intrigued by the criteria you used to select these particular buildings, when the are many, many other palaces in India that I would have ranked higher - the fort outside Jaipur (I don't remember the name 50 years later) Fatepur Sikri and so many others I've mainly forgotten from my childhood there.

[@kingsandthings]

I basically just decided to cover some that I personally really liked and that didn't look to similar to each other. Like you say there are a lot of other amazing buildings that I could have included here so I could make a part 2 at some point. There's certainly material for it.

[@Dayvit78]

It doesn't always have to be the best, the biggest, etc. We know India has hundreds, if not thousands, of beautiful palaces and forts. These are nice to see, and I'm sure we'll see more. This isn't a top 10 list.

[@Indian_gay_boi]

@@kingsandthings you should totally do a video on Anglo Indian architecture as well,

[@achleshwarsingh3398]

That's Amber Mahal Palace.

[@global9138]

I guess these palaces are well maintained till date and are not in ruins.

[@lawsonbrady2586]

amazing work man i never knew about these palaces until you showed me thank you and keep up the great work

[@kushchronic697]

7:39 the king and in architecture was inspired by Burma temple and angor and they too inspired by india civilization india so important to Southeast asia so much

[@sergpie]

Excellent video on a fascinating topic. I love national architecture styles and have a thing for palaces commissioned by royalty. My favorite has to be Caserta Royal Palace in Italy, but the palaces of the rajas and Indian kings are absolutely stunning. I can see how, upon seeing them and returning to Europe, that they’d be instrumental in fueling the orientalist styles that sprung-up in Europe in the late 1800s/early 1900s.

[@Indian_gay_boi]

I absolutely loved caserta palace, i saw a picture of the grand staircase on Pinterest and absolutely fell in love, i grew a general fascination for Italian architecture from playing the assassins creed games, specially Italian Renaissance, my favourites have to be Santa Maria novella, Santa Croce and of course Santa Maria del fiore,

[@REDnBLACKnRED]

I was almost certain you would have covered the Mysore Palace which is considered one of the most architecturally beautiful, and was surprised to find the rather boring Falaknuma instead. Although I had no idea the last Tsar of Russia had visited India and especially Hyderabad.

[@daviddiveroli9331]

Falaknuma is one most beautiful don't be jealous talk good or don't

[@samiuddinomer8154]

Butthurt 🔥 Hyderabad ❤️ is the best 💯 city 🏙️ in india 🇮🇳 alhamdulillah ☝️ hyderabadi 💯

[@leaveme3559]

​@@samiuddinomer8154naah Mumbai is better

[@samiuddinomer8154]

Andhbhakt gobarbhakt

[@leaveme3559]

@@samiuddinomer8154 bhai tu religion aur politics ko kyu leke ara bich Me? And Mumbai is just better

[@aryanyadav3690]

There are so many palaces in INDIA that you can even make a beautiful part 2 of this video 😘🇮🇳

[@vedantsingh8960]

part 3,4 too

[@ishanbajpai6940]

I would love to see a video on Indian temple architecture.

[@spilltea4241]

India also has many "Rajbaris" or royal mansions in country sides once owned by the landlords. They have some of the most interesting architecture.

[@thislittlelightofmine8776]

Never seen these before, thanks for showing them to the world 🌎

[@claudiocavaliere856]

Absolutely amazing! Congratulations

[@makotopark7741]

i like their palaces so much. They are living proof of the words "grand" and "opulent"

[@manuscriptsdontburn]

Thank you for your videos, your channel helps me to expand my knowledge, I'm very grateful for that.

[@pmajudge]

STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL !!! MANY THANKS . FROM, U.K. (2023).

[@mstsp9546]

This is really cool. I am in favor of seeing and learning more of these beautiful buildings.

[@micahistory]

once again another great video. This channel truly is a gift

[@achleshwarsingh3398]

Una vez en tu vida, tienes que visitar la India 🙏

[@StoicHistorian]

Great video as always, congrats on 100,000 subs!! 🎉

[@jefferyhanderson7849]

Wow. They are all beautiful. Can you upload part 2 of this video, please?

[@viktorhorn7731]

Absolutely love your videos!

[@ashwathdamle7338]

All of your videos are always awesome but as an Indian this has to be my favorite video

[@larrywave]

Cant wait for more 😄

[@Erazon]

Just found ur channel now want more videos on India 🕊️

[@vibhav_m]

Incredible presentation

[@kevalrathod6064]

great video. perfect info and pictures. well done my friend.

[@nisargpandya4407]

2:23 ❤ That is called Palace 🤍 ✨

[@monso7871]

You should keep on doing more architecture videos their great

[@sunsettersix6993]

Stunning! I'll be by for a visit shortly. :P

[@Sanatani_kattar]

धन्यवाद ,बहुत अच्छी विडियो बनाई 👏👏👍

[@Rudra-991]

I'm really glad you mentioned Ummaid Palace in the video. It's one of the largest and most beautiful palaces in the world, but usually gets overlooked because most people visit only Jaipur and not the surrounding cities. Not to mention that despite it's low profile and popularity due to relative insulation from popular tourism, it has emerged as a wedding destination for many iconic couples across the world.

[@havingalook2]

So fascinating. Wonderful to see this. Many thanks.

[@EliasRoy]

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[@bramchariladka1783]

Amazing video nice work 👏👏

[@jramsey9690]

Wonderful video. Thank you.

[@theresias9997]

Wonderful !

[@snowballtherabbit6840]

Man you are so good with the pronunciation no matter if its Indian, Chinese, Japanese Italian or French. Nice job keep it up 👍🏼

[@cocoaorange1]

I would love to learn more about the palatial global palaces!

[@fishyy5622]

You make great videos!

[@dileepvr]

I am surprised that the Mysore palace didn't make the cut.

[@rjhrai]

This is awesome!!

[@renjithlal9404]

Very informative 👏 thank you 😊

[@bidenssniffingnostrils5300]

I appreciate the music choice. Welcome change from all the bollywood "ding ding" i hear on almost every India video.

[@MultiSciGeek]

I've been interested in this topic foe a while now, and this video is just so perfect for what I needed! Thank you! Also can you PLEASE do at least one video on South India? Also Northeast, Maharashtra, temples, Taj Mahal, Old Delhi / Red Fort etc. There is so much more I wanna learn, and this videos are perfect in their presentation style, explanation, and length! At least one more India video plz! Do Mumbai and it's central railway station!

[@maya-cc2sx]

maybe they could do one for every region? I'd love to see eastern India on here too, especially a hypothetical of ancient palaces (the greeks allegedly thought them to be grander than persia)

[@Indian_gay_boi]

Taj mahal and red fort? That's like so overrated. But yes a video on the cave temples of India or the temples of South India would be dope

[@MultiSciGeek]

@@Indian_gay_boi There's a reason why they're "overrated" as opposed to some random caves lmao

[@saumyapandey2372]

@@MultiSciGeek random caves really? Kailasha temple in ellora caves is some random cave for you? May be you're blind enough 😂

[@PaulCuenin]

Very interesting thanks 👍🏼

[@gatarooshghangurde7305]

Please if possible also cover the temple architecture of India.

[@jaybonn5973]

Right. This is why i supscribed.

[@The00737]

The Mysore Palace is also amazing.

[@sympathiser_of_Germans_in_40s]

How does this not include The Mysore palace it's probably the most beautiful one of all

[@sabihatanveer8494]

Spectacularly built by the royals of the erstwhile king's 🇮🇳👌

[@maxwalker1159]

Very cool

[@simonkemfors]

I had no idea there where so many massive palaces in India. It's not surprising, I had just never thought of it

[@kingranx9997]

There are many-many more palaces and forts equivalent in prestige and beauty, like Mysore palace yet they are hardly ever talked about. Thank you.

[@anujshrivastava2600]

i think the most beautiful palace that i have ever seen was GWALIOR palace... i mean... the beauty of that palace is unfathomable.Although Scindia royal family still use the main part of the palace but yeah the parts available was absolutely breathtaking.

[@chupcook]

Thank you for covering Laxmi Vilas Palace. Greetings from a subscriber living in Baroda 🙏🏼😃

[@zekeyeager1458]

Cool vid

[@varunkasal8339]

Sad to not see Mysore Palace in this list ! It's an injustice to the list !!!

[@98aishya]

Please do a video on temple architecture in India

[@rajanabasti3711]

Can you make about a video on forts of India.

[@PT5-Shorts]

Can you do collages next? I want to see the story of the Pittsburgh Cathedral of Learning

[@Uttam_Kumar_Jana]

Even tho many of the world's kings have been pretty heartless atleast their tastes in beauty have been amazingly beautiful ✨❤️ .

[@aishwarysingh1681]

This is good video, but needs more addition to its list

[@ashya1]

Shaniwar wada palace was also a great palace but around 1818 British set a fire to it

[@Citadel1221]

This might be the most exquisite building I've ever seen. 3:41

[@0arjun077]

Try Akshardham temples

[@_UCS_SwapnilSahaiSrivastav]

you should check out akshardham temple, its so intricately carved that i can't even explain.

[@tattianasalles3019]

I'm from Brazil, Latin America. The image that comes to mind when I close my eyes and think about India is the Mughal architecture of Rajasthan... Indian-Mughal architecture is very beautiful. It looks...persian. There's something really luxurious and exotic about this aesthetics. I can't explain exactly what... There is something dreamlike about this mysterious oriental aesthetic.

[@karthikmukund7133]

Do have a look at South Indian architecture, too. Especially temple architecture. The Tanjore and Madurai temples being good examples. Even the sun temple in konark is stunning, you should check it out!

[@aryanyadav3690]

Yeah that Mughal which destroyed 60,000 temples of Hindus, I recommend you to see the Hindu Temple architecture then you'll get it, out of these 4 nothing was Mughal 👍

[@user-uj2tk2tv3z]

@@aryanyadav3690 there weren't these many temples

[@achleshwarsingh3398]

Muito Obrigado

[@nanusingh2278]

Hi tattiana we in India refer that architecture as rajputana or simply rajput architecture.

[@ritabiro5105]

They are.really beautiful .l am wodering whethe there are people living in them.

[@AhsanKhan-kj7rr]

Thanks

[@AniSKZ4141]

Explore Temple architecture too. Most of them built before mughal or British invasions. India lost temples, universities, palm leaf books etc in invasions. Indian culture still stands.

[@cokedupnormies2651]

Jai Hind 😎😎😎

[@Luboman411]

India has a lot of palaces that are under-reported in the West. There's the Red Fort in Delhi, which was the main residence of the Mogul emperors for most of the 1700s and 1800s. Then there's the Red Fort in Agra, which was the main residence of Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb at the peak of Mogul opulence. Fatehpur Sikri, a few miles outside of Agra, was the main residential palace of Akbar, the most famous of the Mogul emperors. I believe that Humayun and Jahangir had their main palace in Lahore, which was probably another red fort. But don't quote me on it. Then there are the tombs of the Moguls, with the Taj Mahal (tomb of Shah Jahan and his wife) being the most famous. But the tombs of Humayun in Delhi, Akbar in Agra, and Jahangir in Lahore, at times outshine the palaces. They're extremely beautiful.

[@period5304]

There’s always an ancient temple if not a palace of some kind in almost all old cities and towns in India. They just aren’t maintained, Indian history has succumbed to the colossal, messy and slow 3some between the Indian people, the mega government and poverty. Truly a sad situation…

[@jyotiradityachoudhury7987]

​@@period5304cities like Varanasi should be revived into cultural capitals turning every street into a beautiful photoshoot point like many European cities

[@user-ov7iw4wn9o]

❤️🔥

[@rajsingharora26]

As an Indian only Visited Udaipur & thats to be seen the city & palace.

[@shayanraj7840]

There's a lot of beautiful architectural marvel in India more beautiful than Taj Mahal. Don't know how Taj Mahal got most famous. May be because of the love story.

[@NoRiceToEat]

Which was no love story at all Its a lie. Read history.

[@canerbaykara2639]

Is the song used in the video also in csgo or am ı going insane?

[@whitelotus2960]

As an Indian I would like to say thank you for showing all this but these palaces are not really that regal as compared to the architecture of the ancient palaces in our country which are in ruins today. The current palatial architectures have some new designs in it but the rich intense carvings of celestial maidens called Apsaras and creatures of different worlds are missing. Our ancient temples and palaces and palace temples have those but many of them are in ruins, only a few are still actively maintained. These palaces would basically belong to the upper class Hindus in ancient India but today they have been used by royals, our ancient palaces, though in ruins, are still more beautiful than these that u have shown but it was a nice presentation. One more fact I would like to add - We were 560+ princely kingdoms who unified as a nation against the British and Mughal rule during the First war of Independence. I am talking about the common citizens and their unification, not the royals or vassal states or the barbaric invaders/looters.

[@junebhattacharjee9669]

The grandeur of lndia 🙏🇮🇳🙏

[@preetamyadav7952]

Indian architecture is beautiful . I do not like european one but chinease one look beautiful . It is something different

[@dumbgameboys618]

Sure man, good joke.

[@EliasRoy]

Not at all. European cities are pretty good as an Indian. Most of the cities today often try to replicate New York. European cities have prevented that.

[@martin96991]

U can also make a video on ancient temples of INDIA 🇮🇳, believe me their architecture is a lot better than these palaces.

[@ramp597]

nice

[@mrigankabaishya1841]

Bharat the Royal and most beautiful country ❤

[@starcrib]

Vastly under researched on video : Indias great Palaces and Governmental Regal Buildings. Fascinating- i hope to see and stay in these magnificent architecturally astounding culture heritage structures. 🌿🟥🌿

[@binder946]

7:10 built a palace to provide work. Great man.

[@Abhyuday_rai]

that umaid bhavan can be another university like BITS Pillani

[@rayaan1233]

Its hard to believe my ancestors build some of these wild wonders.

[@Uttam_Kumar_Jana]

❤️✨

[@terriniemeier6578]

every time I see these films on huge palaces all I can think of is a wonderful workers that had such a great intelligence to be able to build such beautiful buildings I assembly adore the Indian people and it's sad that the English came in there and you notice that they haven't done anything wonderful since

[@mimis.5139]

Yep they caused a big disruption of the development of the Indians

[@sowmitriswamy6718]

These palaces were built with great skill, imagination, and planning, and resources but the maharajas made no attempt to improve the living conditions of their subjects. After independence, the focus rightly shifted to improving the conditions of the masses, and less on grand palaces. If you want to see an ugly modern palace, look up "Antilla", the home of the Ambani clan in Mumbai.

[@jyotiradityachoudhury7987]

​@@sowmitriswamy6718u surely have got your history talking points from ncert . Have you ever visited Mysore. That city was under the wodeyars during the British time . While the British areas people faced famines , poverty , unemployment, segregation. Mysore maharajah did everything to improve quality of life of people by building dams , providing education, building colleges for women and men , making a constitutional parliamentary system for the kingdom , providing electricity to masses , making a eye hospital, organised police and scout boys etc etc etc . At the same time British Bengal people were dying of hunger .

[@jyotiradityachoudhury7987]

​@@sowmitriswamy6718antilla is a personal estate not built with public taxes . And yes it is the ugliest crap built in india till date . The sheer uselessness of that structure amazes me. It's dog$hit . It's an eyeshore

[@sowmitriswamy6718]

@@jyotiradityachoudhury7987 Mysore is the exception; look at the other kingdoms where maharajas, rajas, etc. lorded over the peasants, built beautiful palaces but neglected the rest of their kingdom.

[@global9138]

Some of the scenes of the movie "the fall" are shot in these palaces

[@thelocalshaman8024]

swag