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Indian Architecture and Art-The Decor of Bygone Era..Part II

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Padmanabhapuram Palace complex</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> continue to be the best example of traditional Kerala architecture, and some portions of the sprawling complex are also the hall mark of traditional Kerala style building art. As a follow up to my earlier blog article, let me take you all, into a journey through the palace complex way different from the usual route which discusses the decor and the interiors.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This journey is enriched by the</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">spatial variations in the built and open spaces of the palace complex emerging through the sense of enclosure and intensity of light.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Padmanabhapuram Palace which I have seen is a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">D</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">esign ensemble</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> in itself,each item being a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">D</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ecor element</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">,carefully picked and placed.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Here what caught my attantion the most was the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">syntax of Spaces</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">One space leading into the other and into another beautifully.....the merging almost seamless....</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The modern term used for designing of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">‘Spaces’ is spatial design</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. This term encompasses both interior and exterior design as integral parts of this 3-dimensional design activity.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">“Space” is a notional phenomena which shapes and exists by the context</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. Space making is a sum total of the time and space combination. Space over time is not the same. Similarly time over different space is also not the same.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">constant juxtaposition of time over space</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> is the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">essential premise of Indian Architecture.</span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The developed elements l found in this built work</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: a configuration of space as discrete volumes, complex ambient light and shadow, a celebration of mass and structure, the use of materials which have both modernist and archaic qualities, monumental openings uncompromised by frames, courtyards wrapped around buildings.” </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Built-Unbuilt space configuration:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Transcending time and space, good architecture remains communicative and interactive all</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">the while through its spatial qualities. These spaces possess the qualities to establish rapport</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">with the on looker and condition his perception, independent of their cultural background.</span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Timeless, ever pervading architecture rely on more fundamental attributes of space making</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ranging from</span></span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">approach and movement,</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">scale and proportion,</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">quality of light and shade or</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">relationship of the built with the unbuilt.</span></span></li></ul></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The visual proportioning of spaces and skilful arrangement of elements provide everchanging</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">frames of visual compositions through perspectival effects and their strategic visual alignments while one moes through them.</span></span></div></div></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The courtyards of the palace complex are masterpieces in their own right with the buildings enveloping it. The movement through the complex involves one to step out into the open,and then enter the built volume and then again step out and move through the courtyard.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This is a pattern of configuration of spaces one finds in almost all traditional built complexes of Kerala.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Play of Light and Shadows</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Light and shadows play a game of Yin and Yang in this serene place almost giving its inner rooms a magical aura. The contrast between the harsh tropical sunlight outside and the soothing light that penetrates into the inner</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> spaces through the ubiquitous palisade windows is used to create this almost theatrical effect.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This play of light through integration of unbuilt spaces with the built volumes become mutual counterpoints which help in defining the spatial hierarchies and territories in terms of personal and public realms. The perception of enclosure is further reinforced by the decreasing intensity of light.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The brightness of light subdues asone progresses further deeper into space making the space progressively vertical, cosier and confined. The timelessness is attributed to its freshness offered by the variations of visual frames as well as the integration of light/nature where the sun is the constant variable as it changes position and intensity from morning to evening and from summer to winter.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The conditions of outdoors inherently not remaining same changes consistently making the same space appear different and fresh all times. This makes the static object change with changing outdoor conditions through sun. This inherent dynamism in the character of the spaces is something to learn from. Don't know how many of our modern edifices really deal with such a simple yet powerful tool- manipulating natural light to create a dynamic space</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></div><div><br /></div></div></span></div></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWT-wAuL8Yq4_FdeC0iOgy1LstixE-WVhTxfiLul2_qb0cvZJw1g6mojncuTcSRArTfu39rHJU0VsfmcPIjWSaFz7g-iVIKuPIxnjLiQE2Ew1W-UnDQld43Je3LbUgbX529ZpNJKi6w4k/s1600-h/IMG_5103+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371546340030963682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWT-wAuL8Yq4_FdeC0iOgy1LstixE-WVhTxfiLul2_qb0cvZJw1g6mojncuTcSRArTfu39rHJU0VsfmcPIjWSaFz7g-iVIKuPIxnjLiQE2Ew1W-UnDQld43Je3LbUgbX529ZpNJKi6w4k/s400/IMG_5103+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>              <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">   Light through the dormer and palisade windows into the durbar hall</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9iQzzMM9o_3jR4wcmPwwtNDuwfYKnN82iM0FVezVAteALRS9QmzVHJ7CjiAGscI6JgqugxqKlnN_-XtqWQ1gXLTJPxZo0Btdwvfv3dmhB0YsIaedVSDRYhZQmoKZJDnOZe6Yk1ibi64E/s1600-h/IMG_5136+copy.jpg+2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371546329005688578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9iQzzMM9o_3jR4wcmPwwtNDuwfYKnN82iM0FVezVAteALRS9QmzVHJ7CjiAGscI6JgqugxqKlnN_-XtqWQ1gXLTJPxZo0Btdwvfv3dmhB0YsIaedVSDRYhZQmoKZJDnOZe6Yk1ibi64E/s400/IMG_5136+copy.jpg+2.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>                       <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The natural light filtering throught he windows in the dining hall</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ICAEdAXXHOBIcQHQr_4kBnymAoa1cqI9Hw42vLhhOQdWnhtyI6TwD7cy6JGUT8PrWRbIzqupCGh9B5R4gwJgQ8nZwRx4uf5X9wz09bCNX-OBx3l6ZnVks7y5e0GFPSgpUa4E7Nm9I_M/s1600-h/IMG_5314+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371546321051580354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ICAEdAXXHOBIcQHQr_4kBnymAoa1cqI9Hw42vLhhOQdWnhtyI6TwD7cy6JGUT8PrWRbIzqupCGh9B5R4gwJgQ8nZwRx4uf5X9wz09bCNX-OBx3l6ZnVks7y5e0GFPSgpUa4E7Nm9I_M/s400/IMG_5314+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>                                  <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Natural light in the Kitchen</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmtdAeF3wQk9kfocJrrT-WwA9P-fNTQRXYx8T7eIhkAYZunjZUAQLVSKN3_q9j_6pL_ODDTd6o6AmjaUGyvUA1N9lTWJW3vZS-vjQNf1xRfDjmuCvBNGzPRTOV4r-8L0iwedNNTKdVTE/s1600-h/IMG_5218+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371546313478531650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmtdAeF3wQk9kfocJrrT-WwA9P-fNTQRXYx8T7eIhkAYZunjZUAQLVSKN3_q9j_6pL_ODDTd6o6AmjaUGyvUA1N9lTWJW3vZS-vjQNf1xRfDjmuCvBNGzPRTOV4r-8L0iwedNNTKdVTE/s400/IMG_5218+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>                                <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">   Natural light in the inner rooms,notice,they make a pattern</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC12noNLKe43MMp34fwxzcahuuTySbmre9J6-fhAaQe5y6xMgQmvu2Eww3q3WQSOWKQbA8uiVcLhGhk0yU_4YYOEUjiOXZoBTjsJGhlJHejV79E9kIjoUqCK9WZIDEE0hO0swvk-1GwRo/s1600-h/IMG_5233+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371546305232776386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC12noNLKe43MMp34fwxzcahuuTySbmre9J6-fhAaQe5y6xMgQmvu2Eww3q3WQSOWKQbA8uiVcLhGhk0yU_4YYOEUjiOXZoBTjsJGhlJHejV79E9kIjoUqCK9WZIDEE0hO0swvk-1GwRo/s400/IMG_5233+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>    <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Shadows of the jaalis,its interesting to see them,they add ambience to the decor and style</span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Transitional space</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">s:</span></span></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Transitional spaces that are neither inside nor out but flows in between the two,such as a verandah, a covered terrace or a corridor are important connectors between the open spaces and the built spaces. The bands of windows,verandhas,corridors,pillared connectors between buildings, spaces close to the house are all a part of the experience before it merges into the open space of the courtyard. These enable the air to freely circulate in the building,offer views through and the past the building.</span></div></span></span></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAf4c9gUudfb0QUcizo0jDBu0e2NWc7hezV-J79T3rVb6DEZQUgL3YdQZdsL192AvAbuk5P2YQIILl0auUndwY5q4egqTVsVEMlHKpuVxUsGS3ylEBZixMq348TowqNKwGLOuBtqpe2_c/s1600-h/IMG_5269+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371544591309444050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAf4c9gUudfb0QUcizo0jDBu0e2NWc7hezV-J79T3rVb6DEZQUgL3YdQZdsL192AvAbuk5P2YQIILl0auUndwY5q4egqTVsVEMlHKpuVxUsGS3ylEBZixMq348TowqNKwGLOuBtqpe2_c/s400/IMG_5269+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 267px;" /></a>                <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">    The Long balcony in the summer palace and guest house</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdlMWPYhRoaz-QvGcxImRILUdlldDy-lQlhAI9x3hJNs2QN4MESrXrVGS3zHxIhWUWwjl89g_M62nmRzY_qYfOsxaQJw1WssojrS1cq_3fKL-OPQWUqQGpAUMw8LRYo4_08P0L-w2gV3k/s1600-h/IMG_5172+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371544583279861298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdlMWPYhRoaz-QvGcxImRILUdlldDy-lQlhAI9x3hJNs2QN4MESrXrVGS3zHxIhWUWwjl89g_M62nmRzY_qYfOsxaQJw1WssojrS1cq_3fKL-OPQWUqQGpAUMw8LRYo4_08P0L-w2gV3k/s400/IMG_5172+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 267px;" /></a>                                  <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">    Closed walkway to the other side of the palace</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaia0dYZ_qxtyJH9_E31bgj1qeFFJqsLm-cky2bAPkQyQjhDYb9Y7IyNBk_3_sF5-0Ub6nOKxYk2RrsSGmkUCY922EfUnuUZB3s1Mw0Oayx8ijAr02xSvcv0fRUnQZWmUMnmZq6JWPpaE/s1600-h/IMG_5274+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371544575705759538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaia0dYZ_qxtyJH9_E31bgj1qeFFJqsLm-cky2bAPkQyQjhDYb9Y7IyNBk_3_sF5-0Ub6nOKxYk2RrsSGmkUCY922EfUnuUZB3s1Mw0Oayx8ijAr02xSvcv0fRUnQZWmUMnmZq6JWPpaE/s400/IMG_5274+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 267px;" /></a>                                                 Open<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> verandah with pillars</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHvznbMyYj8jDpw38IlMpodrrZWIsmL272BNVsHDAXjtXZlCB8znlYwgACwlRLGcnZ5BThAkd6mGDm6TquWjXKJxqEgj0G_N0XGRsqhnliGGU1a9iQnLJVpVkv5WgdGRWiW-KSvo-As3E/s1600-h/IMG_5162+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371544565452580386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHvznbMyYj8jDpw38IlMpodrrZWIsmL272BNVsHDAXjtXZlCB8znlYwgACwlRLGcnZ5BThAkd6mGDm6TquWjXKJxqEgj0G_N0XGRsqhnliGGU1a9iQnLJVpVkv5WgdGRWiW-KSvo-As3E/s400/IMG_5162+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>                                                   <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Open courtyard in the house</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbjmwByi6B5fKaC8mt4zW1PrhpbbPpfLSt1CgwIzLTaUaPt1RESbR0EZYejGtzo05Cqv6Flt7Qm3PRsfKEPv33fD_ltWzUYwWDQpDlRIjC_p5cK9H868qH8TlL8yu4vCIO45F6_tovC0/s1600-h/IMG_5216+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371544554631947778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxbjmwByi6B5fKaC8mt4zW1PrhpbbPpfLSt1CgwIzLTaUaPt1RESbR0EZYejGtzo05Cqv6Flt7Qm3PRsfKEPv33fD_ltWzUYwWDQpDlRIjC_p5cK9H868qH8TlL8yu4vCIO45F6_tovC0/s400/IMG_5216+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 267px;" /></a>          <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Long walkway,balcony in front of the rooms or to the side of it</span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The simplicity vs complexity in the layout</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: The covered walkway within which the end is not at first seen where “you are always surprised, keep observing new things”. It is this simplicity in the layout which translates into the beauty of the complex. But however simple it may look in plan, moving through the spaces and retracing one's way is not so easy as it thinks</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-AbKzaZVxOARapK7dXQ0y_pYz3crUbJHh0QvpeWSPyzGkxQXVr612xBfKsjB4NRV1l48xDxvSop_eDbYvaEaMri1MTRy99a76HxNEzk4ZWqHRNSoNgLry9RizS4Nca7wD0Z65AQyChT8/s1600-h/IMG_5321+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371543154169445714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-AbKzaZVxOARapK7dXQ0y_pYz3crUbJHh0QvpeWSPyzGkxQXVr612xBfKsjB4NRV1l48xDxvSop_eDbYvaEaMri1MTRy99a76HxNEzk4ZWqHRNSoNgLry9RizS4Nca7wD0Z65AQyChT8/s400/IMG_5321+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 267px;" /></a>                                                  <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">  Open walkways and pillars</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPIDRdwGpDIpWYosGKFeKP08o6V9_JaCVLv4vzQkZDyzc7mr6Gye2aB2cs1MwJL6oVKiKXXUfOtn8DUWTMefmLk0Qasr8o0VRur9Tjnz8I5xhNjF_P7ljGw505ag3-hsSxmQuPRImN79o/s1600-h/IMG_5317+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371543145545297794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPIDRdwGpDIpWYosGKFeKP08o6V9_JaCVLv4vzQkZDyzc7mr6Gye2aB2cs1MwJL6oVKiKXXUfOtn8DUWTMefmLk0Qasr8o0VRur9Tjnz8I5xhNjF_P7ljGw505ag3-hsSxmQuPRImN79o/s400/IMG_5317+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>                                   <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Courtyard surrounding the houses</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_jz_Xkly_7RyDIOENjyWNZ-vDBAbC6-ylg68Gq3nNhaO4bvVRZ8wEo60RdIWKVNALmhV0HCbipYmn6sP5EUbWQ4lglaHZrOZqmKjG-PUsM0aTrZAG21tsJOwCd3vo0VticC1jsUtXdc/s1600-h/IMG_5316+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371543129977101730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_jz_Xkly_7RyDIOENjyWNZ-vDBAbC6-ylg68Gq3nNhaO4bvVRZ8wEo60RdIWKVNALmhV0HCbipYmn6sP5EUbWQ4lglaHZrOZqmKjG-PUsM0aTrZAG21tsJOwCd3vo0VticC1jsUtXdc/s400/IMG_5316+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>                                  <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> One open courtyard opens to the other</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOTP5_xCESV97QW3BM3HrxbMZObQZS9aG9JOMe_4O-2SV6_u-U4bzoA5rIA_Ujjb7cIYLtRuPyASoDF2rhy2jfjucUgPJPj-rklclDp3LIkoJ2Pdei4rl1_pGwjv6xNgUGfm9fV_CeMuM/s1600-h/IMG_5309+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371543127142941634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOTP5_xCESV97QW3BM3HrxbMZObQZS9aG9JOMe_4O-2SV6_u-U4bzoA5rIA_Ujjb7cIYLtRuPyASoDF2rhy2jfjucUgPJPj-rklclDp3LIkoJ2Pdei4rl1_pGwjv6xNgUGfm9fV_CeMuM/s400/IMG_5309+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>                                    <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Open window  from the side of the kitchen overlooking the pond</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-tzsQ_xrTBgEu57p0uqrAST16xuz38N6jW0JigzNS-h2C7UGnuijxzq4Y8XZ8wnlVPaqVAdKdM2Hj4HzW0ChOLQdDdqf1XqyZ_Munt-JJePsFfbPymbjKC0CKv78SQ_YzCoJfGxvD2Aw/s1600-h/IMG_5286+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371543118546239410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-tzsQ_xrTBgEu57p0uqrAST16xuz38N6jW0JigzNS-h2C7UGnuijxzq4Y8XZ8wnlVPaqVAdKdM2Hj4HzW0ChOLQdDdqf1XqyZ_Munt-JJePsFfbPymbjKC0CKv78SQ_YzCoJfGxvD2Aw/s400/IMG_5286+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>                              <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Back view of the palace,walkway,lawn,pond ,way to the summer palace</span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br /><div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">5. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The 'Vernacular character</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The vernacular character is reflected in the architecture of the complex.The sloping tiled roofs arranged and carefully placed at angles reflect the mountain scapes which surround the palace.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6-wUdNaJjkqbzKikE7Ov_qE5uZf44MBL3hpxO8fOtbEQAPY_0sOnZ0CEtI6Wvjjr9aEdXKk_OG7GmfdydP6eVdKtASh8jLt40e_OB7NefV71UNPXVfzLje3NU-ed4j29pQihaFpEBJw/s1600-h/IMG_5372+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371536610655174850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie6-wUdNaJjkqbzKikE7Ov_qE5uZf44MBL3hpxO8fOtbEQAPY_0sOnZ0CEtI6Wvjjr9aEdXKk_OG7GmfdydP6eVdKtASh8jLt40e_OB7NefV71UNPXVfzLje3NU-ed4j29pQihaFpEBJw/s400/IMG_5372+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>                                                     <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Front view of the palace</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVkoJ21hIy9cdf2gepHv5KrL5SqfrBOUOVm5PpUAfhYrZ1rH9wfJyt9cE3U1l5N8SEXIhhZM8D5oo2USzkr6K9sbD3vXitSjNPewiiu2hFCC-gsl-gUusib4RR3BewJi2SWPaiWSZXck/s1600-h/IMG_5365+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371536029147762898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVkoJ21hIy9cdf2gepHv5KrL5SqfrBOUOVm5PpUAfhYrZ1rH9wfJyt9cE3U1l5N8SEXIhhZM8D5oo2USzkr6K9sbD3vXitSjNPewiiu2hFCC-gsl-gUusib4RR3BewJi2SWPaiWSZXck/s400/IMG_5365+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>                                                <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Side view of the Palace</span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">6.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Material</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">s</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Locally available raw materials are the ingredients and when clubbed with exotic 'recipies' for the detailing.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368286665557689138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2X-JCBHnJS6JPjH6uSFupt4DK_Wo5t0M0cTWXDUbc5xGH2Mhqssq1ucya_mTTsyJIAD7DezPKir6Xh5wwuHFWcSSy6LoZWuvH3QIrPnax7VDQT4WMJA-gRg0sFwPnW6_wMzhDCbmo3M/s400/IMG_5093+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></span></span></div></div></div><div>                                                        <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">  Main Durbar Hall</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Seasoned wood for the ceiling and pillars,Mangalore tiles for the roofs,Wood for the furniture,Black shiny floors made from a combination of egg white,jaggery lime,charcoal and river sand,carved mahogany ceilings,colored mica windows.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368286657446546882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjK1kECA-qbEYkOjZS4uk41wTWUy-v5Svh6TotXRRAcAOWtyxO8DLxhluGB5Fb9Njot2s_4SN90VIU7fkDgZNynTSyFJ1U6qbMAY7iLmZ46rQXSSQaclS7aBNVE50C24l_rUfrLh18Wak/s400/IMG_5184+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Four poster Medicinal Bed for the Maharaja,Side table to keep the sword and a chair in wood.</span></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368286670264181074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKos-eerf87UsNtIaddCstB5nXp7xe0RpTNhclCqo8BOsi6cZOCasRtlYMX-1-enTzxheyQTW9RUvwZJmbn2o8nTK7BWUSlvHHKZbwDKC_d9GQ-ATtiSktAYGRiWHBSMPLCjAnreMnm1w/s400/IMG_5140+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Big Serving Vessels in the dining hall.Found in the Dining hall,where the curries are made from the kitchen and poured before serving,made of raw cut granite stone and polished accordingly.</span><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368286643492086914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoru64bw1ADOuClrmRgiG_uAPPmkMuASd2Js-F-SNWUe2PwA8eTJxHlEszkVAs6Z_LF3IwTo5Ph_Y06CtTsn-kNPwXo34ZkQcU2gg0MPV-cX6-DnFE-1eStve3fYEXxMVQHApdoPJzTsY/s400/IMG_5143+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 295px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />                                      <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">  A distant view of the Giant serving Vessels.</span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span><br /><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">6</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.Climatological response:</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The architecture language is a response to the climate of the region.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjupDnsLwFRJ4bSg7kP9Czn7n9o-cgtuvb96khMMhDdWTfun-C6k-A_IGQk_0gCXKFC5H3F6drRPvIynO3v6pK5Bs071hMtUhUj0rV8v6agIuhN2LGpKMykcBrM_6kmw_Vo4OWqgzbFrk/s1600-h/IMG_5302+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368283796865483090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjupDnsLwFRJ4bSg7kP9Czn7n9o-cgtuvb96khMMhDdWTfun-C6k-A_IGQk_0gCXKFC5H3F6drRPvIynO3v6pK5Bs071hMtUhUj0rV8v6agIuhN2LGpKMykcBrM_6kmw_Vo4OWqgzbFrk/s400/IMG_5302+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">                                           Dormer windows around courtyard</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxvlyH8Okw2YFvXYhuBVIIGPgiHhyphenhyphendsxpjtn7UrzPzt-YmlqhPrE9ItUGNlyzNzIma5Md1lfzIds2FJMMXXkrXEfhtkbxO6UmUqA36GigjlQbIvMx0brCKGcwDwxRFUVWEc1K92QbRTK0/s1600-h/IMG_5161+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368283792284353570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxvlyH8Okw2YFvXYhuBVIIGPgiHhyphenhyphendsxpjtn7UrzPzt-YmlqhPrE9ItUGNlyzNzIma5Md1lfzIds2FJMMXXkrXEfhtkbxO6UmUqA36GigjlQbIvMx0brCKGcwDwxRFUVWEc1K92QbRTK0/s400/IMG_5161+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Rainfall-Sloping Roofs,The windows overlooks a courtyard ,courtyard allows natural ventilation and the womenfolk to feel the fresh air.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6C9t4JnfJWQdfueWQv2YH_MFKSSo-HXdunSoy6f3otLAfzEqqlRHsOviiQCUaHnRjMTYsZHooirfxlpP-Zfj8L14u4qakTHsFirl_TNeUSBf7F1XtQ8J1hJHe0nNhX-zrbCXYlDCWIx4/s1600-h/IMG_5189+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368283784344675602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6C9t4JnfJWQdfueWQv2YH_MFKSSo-HXdunSoy6f3otLAfzEqqlRHsOviiQCUaHnRjMTYsZHooirfxlpP-Zfj8L14u4qakTHsFirl_TNeUSBf7F1XtQ8J1hJHe0nNhX-zrbCXYlDCWIx4/s400/IMG_5189+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 267px;" /></a>                                               <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> Jaalis on Windows to allow circulation of air</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8wPRpGJv6BjomU_9_nWS061oNJTnE5dj0Yv4SztBX4w8rCWY1uroYW1wMopcpKvnYq77itwTmewNnJm9yS2Fa_GS7MhMqumhyphenhyphenyO7HXqWAphoD0NRU_1mRZa6O-IKHMj-QUzCtzJomTsY/s1600-h/IMG_5188+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368283773913507826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8wPRpGJv6BjomU_9_nWS061oNJTnE5dj0Yv4SztBX4w8rCWY1uroYW1wMopcpKvnYq77itwTmewNnJm9yS2Fa_GS7MhMqumhyphenhyphenyO7HXqWAphoD0NRU_1mRZa6O-IKHMj-QUzCtzJomTsY/s400/IMG_5188+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 267px;" /></a>                       <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">  Big Doors to allow ventilation,since the region is quite humid.</span><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> t</span>hink I have truly taken all into the decor of an era,the Ancient Kerala Decor style,which is at present in trend.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> I do hope at one time of my life I will be able to reciprocate the finest in decor and construction which I have noticed </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hope you all did enjoy the time in that era...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Will bring lots more later....</span></span><br /><div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;"></span><br /><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 10px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 10px; line-height: 18px;">All pictures are protected and copyrighted ones.PL dont steal images.If found is punishable.If you need images pl.contact .All copyrighted images of Lakshmi Arvind and self clicked.</span></div></div></div><div></div></div></div></div>

Indian Architecture and Art-The Decor of Bygone Era..Part II

Padmanabhapuram Palace complex continue to be the best example of traditional Kerala architecture, and some portions of the sprawling compl...

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Indian Architecture and Art-Decor of a bygone Era - Part I

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">*The </span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Padmanabhapuram</span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Palace</span></st1:placetype><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> is one of the most magnificent monuments of the erstwhile</span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Travancore</span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kingdom</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. It is situated in Kanyakumari district, 15 km from Nagercoil,Tamilnadu and 55 km South-West of Thiruvananthapuram.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">*The Padmanabhapuram palace was the seat of power of the rulers of Travancore.The name refers to the image of the lotus coming form the navel of Vishnu(Padma-lotus,Nabha-Navel,Puram-Town)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">*The palace is known for its planning and military architecture and remained the center of power till 1790, when the capital was shifted to Thiruvananthapuram.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">*The main attractions of the </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Padmanabhapuram</span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Palace</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> are its sheer aesthetic beauty, murals, innovative designs and time tested wooden carvings.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">*Palace complex continue to be the best examples of traditional Kerala architecture, and some portions of the sprawling complex are also the hall mark of traditional Kerala style building art.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">*The complex consists of individual structures linked by corridors,</span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #555555;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">colonnades, verandahs, courts constructed of teakwood and granite and stands,courtyards within the massive stone walls of 30 ft which kept Tipu Sultan at bay in the 18th century. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">*Exquisite wall paintings, fascinating traditional Kerala architecture, floors finished to a high polish with a special compound of crushed shells, coconuts, egg-white and juices of local plants; sunny courtyards with carvings and sculptures are some of the outstanding features of this sprawling palace housed within fortified walls.</span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0tjRgjVbSUQrWvbYooIu0j7GwhiSDBzoWokxucVluaKqcAe8ig9WkkDZLtwNaAYriFuKz0PJcB4vT9uA3aEs8UQeQgHllu98xTOMQ43w76bs5ytG5fxyCxx7k6uqQDSzkgefxgIu9PS8/s1600-h/IMG_5370+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365614846573060098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0tjRgjVbSUQrWvbYooIu0j7GwhiSDBzoWokxucVluaKqcAe8ig9WkkDZLtwNaAYriFuKz0PJcB4vT9uA3aEs8UQeQgHllu98xTOMQ43w76bs5ytG5fxyCxx7k6uqQDSzkgefxgIu9PS8/s400/IMG_5370+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><div><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365612402148636130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfesvK0GLk33LwMceHJt6dhJ0-F-l7jPTFpHqMDz4cBNgy0AICLpNNtNZmIUhOHa4v29J9LwH0SjREdaPvo9Lf1ToLY5yEOXCQkb78R7yGuqc6SaYnNt_3PNJEmQfX0bAyq-GHSgtpYM/s400/IMG_5081+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365612386844587042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4s1A4cPqcihQJ3NB_EyOL6CdPc8ZGgOBdoGqSS4wqo7tPhazPk13ZvnsBPYWD9Rexn7AzSmF0HxKUiYhJx3eR2baMazXHz5D-zEqR90a8N5mLwgyuRxlgzDtbeCJG4fd_WZo1oOPohg/s400/IMG_5036+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 302px;" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The palace has its main entrance from the west. The 'padipura' or the main gate</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">reached after crossing a large courtyard, displays an ornamented gabled roof.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365619048646095522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5X59RdeXUOcfHmzWg-KKEagvUCVI8NPNUGPof0dBNhdU7IjMDCM2fZiSQavdlhd7hoV27257LRoSC4t9y1cC5RCCP0clZucFvES7QUE7KOJ2esNdi6MtRyxJu86_6d8SpjfGjGGk0TEY/s400/IMG_5102+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365613358205588322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGddR5r-RbSRjB4g6O0qZwDcr0DxV9T3tw4jqNYcOEq-XXDieRaR07g-7GnC-h_WOkVPfdRJoAQ_Uz4CQGs87hxbyDZlXqfsSJyKO707GGSCD9hrbKfMT4fjYR-5v0rXuG0KJ19zMeSLY/s400/IMG_5109+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 267px;" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365612400506497682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX6NxTv8AlKoRibSaDwwxEdDJvxMhlB-Gbi7tOWdQrYRDUGChguOp_rTM59iiCw5hurTeFJL4FMDO2FyinbmR0PBxhAXS0KRATbV-wY8wCtEaup2UrdJW8CuI1GHCtoWVBN4p-KGIbNqI/s400/IMG_5079+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 326px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The 'Pumukham', inside the second court, has a profusely carved rosewood and mahogany ceiling with 90 different inverted flowers, a polished granite bed in one corner and an ornate Chinese throne.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365612393915339890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBHYuBjcuYcauIZl-qscdIRC1BZPXHAttsU4KqflzIXSAnxglKlOfXnJ0Vxdh86903s446eIaTKpBdTB-fjVVgnvPBV2o-Kk_mSCPjVGXQd5T3djUoXdWo_vYQZD9k0biDpfyaLPogRM/s400/IMG_5064+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365612410951882290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvziXXwr8BeefxgXGSzFc06px8SFhTZ4MLNenc3QGKz1WeJejMt9teQ8yObVyZDmFCRXJGjVTbRo7hDPmxHxmTCXZ4LAuhYdiAC_k9z6Z3T74IPuMfJZHuXi4IVwyjCYf-N2rOnMV4tg4/s400/IMG_5093+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">There is an audience hall on the upper level of the two storeyed building with circular wooden columns and angled timber screens to let in light and air.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365613371792307346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVj9p7iZBhVwUpiNpE5u0z_mf82yyVQ0zqDmEsObJ5ahPtTWQqWbb8QBBvE-b2A9v6QNVQJ9ixA2hIh2fsO56J6qL3XtrMy-oQhXSTEr3pox2awiLysBPveKidKwbJeekXYBoJq_dJ2JI/s400/IMG_5152+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365613359502629746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9TyS8ch2ocwNDwCOwGOq0EBZrtT76F1NBCdSCJTbog_jlaQk9XedLfd51BzmEYhh1Xwmnz5RsyKAYvIWZmfm4_gDejm6-5dbwxUV5Wn2_RCKVFDD7QVZpiFuh4KxzJocsVnFWtelEl_A/s400/IMG_5145+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Ootupura or the dining hall is adjacent to the third court.Over 2000 meals were served free meals in this grand dining hall ona daily basis. Each storey accomodates 1000 people and there are two storeys.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365613379772690114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBlBvJXBxUG_oJvGjYmzMDTlnLh_l8J7Okvyvp7qYNvtXRCH9jN62I3iURryDV7YkFrnghEZJP2b1JdRtQdOVs2zOOPf1nqH1sRHFJNBcen0PvJLPWhY00J6WaJs0W4AxiBZPFpb3-Lw/s400/IMG_5155+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 267px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365613384485105330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNNatH-jKdRa7HtjYhNcMwwYb14T_FH15tfoWeIoG4sCs5sc5pY4_0Y9Wa0d1SFNkmIY16aUzRkY2c08D9wfqrV_Gc-V9F3JbJitVvIpvmtDr7sK1YkQqzAC4uphcp9x4HBEWtndGLvk/s400/IMG_5180+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365614816748872370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5SUctE_Kmp9gxNGKOVprf927ntPpshk76GnATyTdSWFy2vJp_94gSO-BbHriGsuRvBgyH4qbbhEXRE4BqAXyG3BOtQ_zSCczLCzAFv1JNbyPhE6WHB2ggBB0kkBEWa30LcWOiqwsbIno/s400/IMG_5204+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 267px;" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The third court marks the beginning of the private zone of the palace. Here, on the north of 'Pilamottu Kottaram' is 'Upparikka Malika' (upper storey) or the Perumal Kottaram.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Its four chambers, arranged one above the another, connected by steep steps, served as a treasury on the ground floor, the royal sleeping chamber on the second floor,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">the royal meditation chamber and shrine room on the fourth floor.There is also a four poster medicinal bed of 64 ayurvedic healing woods here, many presented by the Dutch.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">On days of penance, His Highness took rest on the third floor, which also served as his prayer room.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365614821570722402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJTzzdI3WSE8y3ev4uH3q3mEAu8_CIRI928XKB5JgjjJarcUFRtchjl7zinFAhq_J29qaioopsYlfVQbCva-0XOngB8QZFoiUX7acfg8axVYnQ4_NLl3En0CZHUIlhI76ly-WS0BD74M/s400/IMG_5238+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 267px;" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The 18th century Kerala murals on the walls remains unblemished even after centuries and surpass even those at Mattancherry palace in </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kochi</span></st1:city></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365614836494378178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZaApd7X7CK6__Oof6Kyl8BKgkssRMRoIw6S21MMd6IPq7kBwkhwZlvdRM17NqjasIoX0hsVW71tVgxI11x0sECU6zI_bwrIpAE_EtGa4QSDGrR4gmimWS9DKiuuHpppdXBnxJCMg190/s400/IMG_5284+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The huge guest house and also adds up as a summer palace ,stood grand in front of us.Another architecture marvel.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365614838533030466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYreQPNc2K4OmqfNncx-OVngWEpAME8reVR1LUfePA_fTGixVE_yZtolJdebcPMzqof5DWBEvNlNX6vJrF3l4nDv9PRa-3BTIgSkqTlHDmZNAiso2MoQc_x3v9l7klxddoYMretKM9cZs/s400/IMG_5347+copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Navaratra Mandapam an imposing granite structure is probably the most beautiful part of the </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Padmanabhapuram</span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">  </span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Palace</span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">*Each room in the palace has its own characteristic style.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">*A tour through the maze of 108 rooms leaves one breathless at the artistic expression and sheer opulence of these magnificent rooms.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This post is just a birds eye view of the Magnificient palace which will leave a long lasting experience.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Wait for more details of the Palace in the next post.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Read more experiences in </span><a href="http://celebrations-of-life.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Celebrations of Life</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></div></div></div>

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