Palaces in India
A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a prime minister, president, king etc. The word palace is derived from the Latin name palatium, for Palatine Hill in Rome. In India thousands of palaces are there which are showing our histroy and culture. Few of important and famous palaces we are introducing here.
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Here we compiled the list of palaces in India. You can download the pdf file of this article from the end of the post.
List of Palaces in India
| S.No. | State | Location | Palace Name |
| 1 | Assam | Sivasagar | Kareng Ghar, Talatal Ghar |
| 2 | Bihar | Darbhanga | Anand Bag Palace |
| Patna | Nagholkothi | ||
| Darbhanga | Nargona Palace | ||
| Rajnagar | Navlakha Palace | ||
| 3 | Rajasthan | Jaipur | Mundota Fort and Palace, Amber Palace (Amber Fort), Jal Mahal, City Palace, Candra Mahal, Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds), Narain Niwas Palace, Raj Mahal Palace, Samode Palace, Rambagh Palace |
| Jodhpur | Umaid Bhawan Palace | ||
| Bikaner | Lalgarh Palace | ||
| Udaipur | Jag Mandir, Jag Niwas (Lake Palace), City Palace | ||
| Jaisalmer | Gorbandh Palace | ||
| 4 | Madhya Pradesh | Gwalior | Jai Vilas Mahal |
| Indore | Lal Bagh Palace, Rajwada Palace | ||
| Alirajpur | Rajwada Palace | ||
| Jhabua | Rajwada Palace | ||
| Sailana | Jaswant Niwas Palace, Rang Mahal Palace | ||
| Ratlam | Ranjit Bilas Palace | ||
| Sitamau | Raj Mahal Palace, Laduna Palace | ||
| Dhar | City Palace, Jheera bagh Palace | ||
| Orchha | Orchha palace, Datia Palace, Jahangir Mahal | ||
| Bhopal | Shaukat Mahal, Gohar Mahal | ||
| Rewa | Govindgarh Palace | ||
| 5 | Ladakh | Stok | Stok Palace |
| Leh | Leh Palace | ||
| 6 | Karnataka | Mysore | Lokranjan Mahal, Vasanth Mahal Palace, Lalitha Mahal, Karanji Vilas Palace, Rajendra Vilas, Jaganmohan Palace, Jayalakshmi Vilas, Cheluvamba Vilas Palace, Amba Vilas Palace |
| Sandur | Shivavilas Palace | ||
| Hampi | Lotus Mahal | ||
| Shivamogga | Shivappa Nayaka Palace | ||
| Kodagu | Nalknad Palace | ||
| Bengaluru | Tipu Sultan Summer Palace, Bangalore Palace | ||
| Vijayapura | Asar Mahal | ||
| Bidar | Ranjin Mahal | ||
| Jamakhandi | Patwardhan Palace | ||
| 7 | Gujarat | Baroda | Laxmi Vilas Palace |
| Kutch | Prag Mahalv, Vijay Vilas Palace, Aina Mahal | ||
| Bhavnagar | Nilambaug Palace | ||
| Rajkot | Ranjit Vilas, | ||
| Junagadh | Rang Mahal, Raj Mahal, Sardar Baugh Palace, Aaina Mahal | ||
| 8 | Tamil Nadu | Kanyakumari | Padmanabhapuram Palace also known as Kalkulam Palace |
| Ooty | Fernhills Palace | ||
| Madurai | Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal, Tamukkam Palace | ||
| Tanjavur | Thanjavur Maratha Palace | ||
| Sivagangai | Kanadukathan Palace | ||
| 9 | Telangana | Hyderabad | Falaknuma Palace, King Kothi Palace, Purani Haveli, Paigah Palace |
| 10 | Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | Kowdiar Palace, Kanakakkunnu Palace, Halcyon Castle, Kuthira Malika, Kilimanoor Palace, Koyikkal Palace, |
| Kayamkulam | Krishnapuram Palace | ||
| Kottayam | Laxmipuram Palace | ||
| Kollam | Sri Moolam Thirunal Palace, Thevally Palace, British Residency, | ||
| Chinnakkada | Cheena Kottaram | ||
| Cochin | Hill Palace, Mattancherry Palace (Dutch Palace), Bolgatty Palace | ||
| Thrissur | Shakthan Thampuran Palace, | ||
| Pathanamthitta | Nedumpuram Palace | ||
| 11 | Uttrakhand | Narendranagar | Ananda in the Himalayas (Narendranagar Palace) |
| 12 | West Bengal | Kalimpong | Bhutan House |
| Murshidabad | Wasif Manzil | ||
| Kolkata | Marble Palace | ||
| Jhargram | Jhargram Palace | ||
| Murshidabad | Hazarduari Palace | ||
| Cooch Behar | Cooch Behar Palace | ||
| Howrah | Andul Rajbari |