HARI NIWAS ( HARI PALACE)

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               HARI NIWAS (HARI PALACE)

The third most beautiful place in our Jammu is HARI NIWAS. It is also known as AMAR MAHAL PALACE. It is a palace in Jammu and its brightness wins the heart of many people. If we visit in HARI NIWAS, on one side we can see the TAWI RIVER clearly and on the other side TRIKUTA HILLS. Its distance is about 5.8 km from the Jammu flyover. The time taken by us to reach the HARI NIWAS is 14 minutes.The palace was built in red sandstone with red bricks. The palace was designed and constructed by french architech and french engineer.

The HARI NIWAS was built by MAHARAJA HARI SINGH. He was the last ruling king of JAMMU AND KASHMIR (1895-1961) in the early 20th century. His wife name was TARA DEVI and son whose name is KARAN SINGH. KARAN SINGH is an politician (congress leader) and he is an last yuvraj of J&K. He belongs to dogra jamwal family. When he was teenager, he worked closely with the JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU  and SARDAR PATEL during the foundation of REPUBLIC OF INDIA. The palace was donated to the HARI TARA CHARITABLE TRUST by Dr. Karan Singh for the use as a museum.

                                                   MAHARAJA HARI SINGH 
DR. KARAN SINGH 

Inside the HARI PALACE there is an beautiful mesuem and library. The mesuem was inagurated on 13th April 1975, by the then Prime Minister of India INDIRA GANDHI.


There are several miniatures of PAHARI paintings of MAHABHARTA epic scenes on the walls of the rooms. There is a big 3D painiting of PT. JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU and a golden sofa of the dogra rulers whose weight is 120 kg and it is made up of pure gold which is embedded with golden lions. At the corners is housed in a hexagonal room in the museum. In library, there are 25000 antique books on several religions, philosphy and political sciences to fiction.

                                                                      3D PAINTING OF PT. JL NEHRU

    BUDDHA STATUE INSIDE THE MUSEUM   

HARI NIWAS PALACE was converted into a heritage hotel in the year 1990. HARI NIWAS PALACE  is also an ideal place to celebrate your events and wedding. 

INSIDE PICTURE OF HARI NIWAS HOTEL  
  
Outside the palace there is an statue of MAHARAJA GULAB SINGH of  Jammu AND Kashmir. 







SO GUYS I HAVE SHARED WHATEVER I KNOW ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN JAMMU REGION. SO TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS PLACE KINDLY VISIT HERE ONCE. 

Comments

  1. UnknownApril 16, 2020 at 8:30 PM

    Which places know more about in Jammu and Kashmir?

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  2. Karan jattApril 16, 2020 at 8:36 PM

    Yes bro golden soffa is soo beautiful in amar mehal palace

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