Fateh Prakash Palace - Udaipur
It's like being cocooned in authentic royal luxury at the Fateh Prakash
Palace, the grand heritage palace of the HRH group. The warmth of royal
hospitality greets you as you walk along the corridors lined with large
paintings of the Mewar school that flourished in the seventeenth through
nineteenth century.
The lake facing suites in the turrets are suitably appointed with four poster
beds and period furniture, festooned with maroon velvet curtains and delicate
silk tassels.
It's a legacy kept alive since the early decades of the twentieth century
when Maharana Fateh Singh (period of reign : 1884 - 1935) used to be the
royal occupant of this palace.
Till date the formality of royal occasions are maintained.It is situated
in the Fateh Prakash Palace is a breath taking collection of crystals.
Maharana Sajjan Singh mainly ordered these crystals from F & C Osler
England. But he could not see the crystals because of his untimely death.
The crystal item includes tables, sofa sets, dinning table, dressers, fountains
and even beds besides a whole array of washing bowls, decanters and perfume
bottles. There is also an exquisite jewel studded carpet, which is beyond
description.