Indian Durbar (1938) - filmed in Alwar
Part of India on Film: 1899 – 1947
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Beautiful travelogue of Alwar Durbar - The rich and vivid spectacle of the Durbar held for the Maharaja of Alwar is captured in gorgeous Technicolor by Jack Cardiff in this travelogue.
The rich and vivid spectacle of the Durbar held for the Maharaja of Alwar (in Rajasthan) is captured in ravishingly beautiful colour in this travelogue. The condescending commentary grates, but the stunning images - capturing the spectacle of the Maharajah's lavish parade (complete with elephant-pulled carriage) the dancers and the succession of tributes in the opulent palace courtyard - more than make up for it. They were shot by Jack Cardiff, world-recognised (and Oscar-winning) master of Technicolor.
Indian Durbar was one of a number of short travelogues shot by Cardiff in India (and many more elsewhere) in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Others include A Road in India and A Village in India. For the Technicolor company, the exoticism of the films' subjects offered a very useful demonstration of their vibrant colour process.
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Maharaja Of Patiala: Tribute to the Fallen of WWI (1921) | British Pathé
The Maharaja of Patiala, India dedicates a beautiful Gateway in memory of those who gave their lives in World War I.
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The Maharaja walks down past troops with other Indian and British officers. The memorial gateway is unveiled. M/S as the Maharaja unlocks the gateway and walks through. L/S as people applaud and he salutes. C/U of the Maharaja.
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Durbar Hall, Kapurthala
A video documentary of Durbar HAll Kapurthala by Smarth Goyal A17 11612601 A1602
Kamar Jit Sekhon - Antique Museum
S. Kamarjit Singh Sekhon has been in Patiala having his own rare Antiques Museum where he collected the old antique goods........ though in a less space yet full of enthusiasm and moral....
DURBAR IN JAIPUR
The Festival of Dussehra is marked in Jaipur with a Durbar, where tribute is paid to the Maharaja.
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Royal Durbar Hall inside Moti Mahal, Gwalior
Moti Mahal was built in the 19th century and is situated in the Gwalior District of Madhya Pradesh. It is one of the worth-visiting palaces in the old town of Gwalior. Once, this palace was the secretariat of Madhya Bharat Government. The palace consists of Durbar Hall ,interior of the Durbar Hall is decorated with gilt and gold furnishings and adorned with a gigantic chandelier. The palace also features mosaic work of colored glass and murals depicting Ragas.
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इस राजा की थी 365 रानियां, उनके खास महल में केवल निर्वस्त्र हीं कर सकते थे एंट्री
इस राजा की थी 365 रानियां, उनके खास महल में केवल निर्वस्त्र हीं कर सकते थे एंट्री
भारत के एक महाराजा अपनी रंगीन मिजाजी के लिए काफी मशहूर रहे। इस रंगीन मिजाजी के सच्चे किस्से आपको चौंका देंगे। हम बात कर रहे हैं पटियाला रियासत के महाराजा और पंजाब के मुख्यमंत्री कैप्टन अमरिंदर के दादा महाराजा भूपिंदर सिंह की।
पटियाला के इन महाराजा की गतिविधियों का जिक्र महाराजा भूपिंदर सिंह के दीवान जरमनी दास ने अपनी किताब 'महाराजा' में किया है। महाराजा भूपिंदर सिंह ने पटियाला में 'लीला-भवन' या रंगरलियों का महल बनवाया था, जहां केवल निर्वस्त्र लोगों को एंट्री मिलती थी। यह महल पटियाला शहर में भूपेन्दरनगर जाने वाली सड़क पर बाहरदरी बाग़ के करीब बना हआ है। इस महल का जिक्र उनके दीवान ने 'महाराजा' में किया है।
इतिहासकारों के मुताबिक महाराजा की 10 अधिकृत रानियों के समेत कुल 365 रानियां थीं। इन रानियों की सुख-सुविधा का महाराज पूरा ख्याल रखते थे। महाराजा की रानियों के किस्से तो इतिहास में दफन हो चुके हैं, जबकि उनके लिए बनाए गए महल अब ऐतिहासिक धरोहर बन चुके हैं। 365 रानियों के लिए पटियाला में भव्य महल बनाए गए थे। रानियों के स्वास्थ्य की जांच के लिए चिकित्सा विशेषज्ञों की टीम भी इन महलों में ही रहती थी। उनकी इच्छा के मुताबिक उन्हें हर चीज मुहैया करवाई जाती थी।
दीवान जरमनी दास के मुताबिक महाराजा भूपिंदर सिंह की दस पत्नियों से 83 बच्चे हुए थे जिनमें 53 ही जी पाए थे। महाराजा कैसे अपनी 365 रानियों को संतुष्ट रखते थे इसे लेकर इतिहास में एक किस्सा बहुत मशहूर है।
कहते हैं कि महाराजा पटियाला के महल में रोजाना 365 लालटेनें जलाई जाती थीं। जिस पर उनकी 365 रानियों में से हर रानी का हर लालटेन पर नाम लिखा होता था। जो लालटेन सुबह पहले बुझती थी महाराजा उस लालटेन पर लिखे रानी के नाम को पढ़ते थे और फिर उसी के साथ रात गुजारते थे।
महाराजा भुपिंदर सिंह का किला पटियाला शहर के बीचोबीच 10 एकड़ क्षेत्र में फैला हुआ है। मुख्य महल, गेस्ट हाउस और दरबार हॉल इस किले के परिसर के प्रमुख भाग हैं। इस परिसर के बाहर दर्शनी गेट, शिव मंदिर और दुकानें हैं। इन दोनों महलों को बड़ी संख्या में भीत्ति चित्रों से सजाया गया है, जिन्हें महाराजा नरेन्द्र सिंह की देखरेख में बनवाया गया था। किला मुबारक के अंदर बने इन महलों में 16 रंगे हुए और कांच से सजाए गए चैंबर हैं।
महाराजा ने महल के बाहर एक 'स्विमिंग पूल' बनवाया। पूल इतना बड़ा कि 150 मर्द-औरतें एक साथ नहा सकें। यहां बड़ी शानदार पार्टियां होती थीं। पार्टियों में खुलेआम रंगरलियां चलती थी। उन पार्टियों में शरीक हाने के लिए महाराजा अपनी प्रेमिकाओं को बुलाते थे। वे सब, महाराजा और उनके दो-चार ख़ास मेहमानों के साथ तालाब में नहाती और तैरती थीं। पटियाला पैग भी दुनिया को महाराजा भूपिंदर सिंह की ही देन है।
महाराजा भूपिंदर सिंह के पास 2,930 हीरो वाला नेकलेस था, जिसमें दुनिया का सातवां सबसे बड़ा हीरा जड़ा था। इस नेकलेस का वजन लगभग एक हजार कैरेट था। इस नेकलस की कुल कीमत 166 करोड़ थी। फिलहाल इस नेकलेस को बनाने वाली कंपनी कार्टियर का इस पर मलिकाना हक है।
Amritsar - Golden Temple
The 'Harmandir Sahib', perhaps better known as the Golden Temple, is the holiest Sikh gurdwara located in the city of Amritsar in India. It is the spiritual center for those who follow Sikhism, a religion based on the principles of honesty, purity, equality of all religions, fidelity, and self control.
The entire complex comprises of a large number of buildings, including the Golden Temple itself, guestrooms, a museum, and a big communal kitchen, the 'langar'. Providing free meals, the kitchen is open to people from all backgrounds and religions. It is estimated that between 60,000 and 80,000 pilgrims come to eat inside the langar after prayer every day.
The footage in this clip was made in October 2014, on a visit to Amritsar and other parts of India. Shot on a Panasonic GH4.
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Weapons of British era at the Maharaja Jiwaji Rao Scindia Museum
The Jai Vilas Mahal or The Jai Vilas Palace is one of India's most grandiose nineteenth-century palaces was built in 1875 by H. H. Maharaja Jayaji Rao Scindia (Shinde), the Maharaja of Gwalior and to this day remains the residence of the former royal Maratha family -- The Scindias (Shindes). Apart from being the residential palace of the royal family of Scindia, a part of the palace has been converted to a museum for the public. One can catch a glimpse of the royal living in the museum. In 1875, Maharaja Jayaji Rao Scindia dispatched his friend Colonel Michael Filose on a grand tour of Europe to seek inspiration. Filose returned with a vast shipment of furniture, fabric, paintings, tapestries and cut glass, together with the blueprints for a building that borrowed heavily from Buckingham Palace, Versailles, and Greek ruins and Italian-Baroque stately homes. The result is a blend of Doric, Tuscan and Corinthian architecture
One can witness the eye catching treasures in the museum which includes a silver toy train used by His Highness Jayaji Rao Scindia to dispense brandy and cigars after dinner, a glass cradle from Italy used for the baby Krishna on each Janmashtami, silver dinner services and swords that were once worn by Emperors Aurangzeb and Shah Jahan. The museum offers an unparalleled glimpse into the rich culture and lifestyle of princely India and royalty of the powerful Maratha Dynasty. Jai Vilas Palace is open on six days of week from 10.00 AM to 5.00 PM. It is closed on Wednesday. It is open on Diwali Festival day but closed on Bhai Dooj i.e. two days after Diwali. For Indians the cost of ticket is Rs 60 and a child is charged full.
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PUNJAB TO TRANSFORM 30 PLACES AS TOURIST ATTRACTION CENTERS
Punjab is all set to give a makeover to 30 places across the State to develop them as tourist attraction centers at a cost of Rs 590.97 crore.
Announcing this, the State Tourism and Cultural Affairs Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday said that the State would see transformation in six months’ time to ensure Punjab emerges as a big player in the global tourism sector while the Punjab NRI diaspora would be connected with historical and cultural roots.
Sidhu said that the projects under various schemes have been chalked out to develop these places as centres of excellence from the point of view of tourism. The holy city of Amritsar would be the centre of attraction in terms of tourism as 11 out of the 30 places are in and around it, he said.
Among these places include, Heritage Street, Wagha Border, Gobindgarh Fort, Jallianwala Bagh, Partition Museum, War Memorial, Pul Moran, Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Sthal, Food Street, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Summer Place at Rambagh and Saada Pind in Amritsar.
Ropar has treaty spot of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Lord William Bentick, Bathinda Fort, Patti Fort, Bahadurgarh Fort at Patiala, Virasat-e-Khalsa at Sri Anandpur Sahib, Theme Park Chamkaur Sahib, Aam Khas Bagh Sirhind, Coronation spot of Mughal Emperor Akbar at Kalanaur in Gurdaspur, Samadh Baba Ala Singh, Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh Museum at Khatkar Kalan, Jang-e-Azadi memorial at Kartarpur, Sarai Lashkari Khan at Doraha, Sarai Shambhu, Sarai Noor Mahal, Banasar Bagh Sangrur, Durbar Hall Kapurthala and Moorish Mosque Kapurthala.
These projects would come to fruition within a year and have facilities such as landscaping, restaurants, parking and toilets for the convenience of tourists, Sidhu said, adding that out of Rs 590.97 crore, Rs 344 crore is loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the sanction for which has been granted.
Besides, the sanction pertaining to Rs 96.97 crore for the revamp of religious and historical cities, in accordance with the Centre's Swadesh Darshan Scheme, has also been accorded, he said adding that the process to release this amount is in the final stages.
For Amritsar, Rs 50 crore would be spent under the Prasad scheme, he said.
Sidhu said that a project of Rs 100 crore has been prepared under Mughal Circuit which aims at developing historical spots in the state connected with the Mughal rule.
The total cost of the project is Rs 590.97 crore, and after this gets completed, another project worth Rs 100 crore under the Maharaja Circuit — for cities having connection with erstwhile princely states — would be sent to the Union Government, the Minister said.
The Minister has instructed the officers concerned to chalk out the tour itinerary of all the places and he would personally visit all these places along with officers and consultants.
In the first phase from June 15, he would visit Amritsar, Kalanaur, Harike Pattan, Kapurthala, Hussainiwala and also have meetings with the local administration in order to ensure the smooth running of the projects.
“During these visits, I would be accompanied by the eminent conservation expert Abha Narayan Lamba and the representatives of Night Frank company,” he said.
PUNJAB TO RUN GOVT RESTAURANTS ON PPP MODE
Sidhu asserted that big names from the hotel industry have been invited for constructing government hotels on the assets of the department on important tourist spots in the state.
“The main aim is to revive PINCASSIA in Ropar as the tourism attraction for propelling the state’s income,” he said.
Besides, the Minister also directed the opening of restaurants on PPP mode for the convenience of the tourists in the various parts of the state such as Virasat-e-Khalsa at Sri Anandpur Sahib, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Museum at Khatkar Kalan (Nawanshahar), Malout-Abohar road.
He also expressed strong hope that the food street in Amritsar at Town Hall would be a place of great attraction for the tourists regarding which the tender process has been started.
SIDHU TO MEET IN’TNAL TOUR OPERATORS
Sidhu said that he would seek Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s permission to visit Canada, England, Australia and USA to meet international tour operators for attracting tourist inflow towards Punjab.
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People Of Jaipur India, 1930s - Film 97461
Rajasthan, Jaipur, India.
People of the region, various men’s faces. Jaipur’s historic buildings. A long line of elephants are ridden past the Palace of the Winds Jaipur. Close up of the balconies of the Palace of the Winds. A camel train in Jaipur. Old city gate. Busy street in Jaipur. The old Observatory in Jaipur. Turban wearing men with broad beards and elegantly dressed Rajputs. A Rajput elder poses for a photograph but sneezes when he had to remain still. The Gangaur festival Jaipur, a procession of highly decorated elephants, camels, oxcarts and horses led through the street. A procession of women paying homage to the gods. Women perform a devotional dance.
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Potala refers to a mountain in India sacred to the religion, and for centuries its namesake palace has been at the core of Tibet’s monastic community.
Much of the current palace complex dates to the seventeenth century. But the earliest construction began a thousand years earlier, on the commission of a Tibetan king, in honor of his marriage to a princess of China. The growing fortress became the winter home for the Dalai Lamas, monastic leaders of Tibetan Buddhism.
UNESCO’s World Heritage designation extends to the neighboring Jokhang Temple, considered Tibet’s most sacred, and the Norbulingka, once the Dalai Lama’s summer residence.
Conflict led to the exile of the Dalai Lama from China’s Tibetan Autonomous Region in 1959, and the grounds became a museum. But the Potala Palace remains a major Buddhist pilgrimage site. Many travel long distances by foot to pay their respects. Potala is divided into the Red Palace, which is for religious use, and an administrative White Palace.
Visitors to Potala have to go with a tour group, and obtain a special permit. Once in, you pass through hallways lit by butter lamps, and into public areas watched over by monks. In addition to the historic structures, the heritage site contains a vast collection of sacred texts and works of art. Withstanding the elements and political struggle, Potala Palace remains an embodiment of Tibetan culture.
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Golden Temple Amritsar | Katra Jaimal Market | Amritsar Part-2 | The Crazy Queen
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Golden Temple :
One of the most spiritual places in India, Golden Temple, also known as Sri Harmandir Sahib, is the holiest shrine in Sikhism and is alive with religious fervour and sacredness. Its divinity is a thing that can only be experienced and not described. Serving as a symbol of brotherhood and equality, Golden Temple is visited by people from all over the world who come here to seek spiritual solace and religious fulfillment. Although the Golden Temple itself is of great historical and architectural interest, it is the view of the resplendent shrine, glistening in the center of the tank, bringing an infinite calmness that is most memorable to a visitor. After going through a tumultuous period of demolitions, it was rebuilt by Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1830 purely with marble and gold. In spite of the thousands of people milling about in the premises of the temple, the only voice you will hear around you is silence interspersed with chants of the Sikh prayers.
Located in the beautiful city of Amritsar, Golden Temple is just a small part of the vast complex known as Harmandir Sahib or Darbar Sahib to the Sikhs. The spiritual focus is the tank, the Amrit Sarovar, which surrounds the glistening central shrine. Amritsar takes its name from this Amrit Sarovar which was excavated in 1577 by the fourth Sikh guru, Guru Ram Das. The Hari Mandir (central temple) is connected to the pathway by a marble causeway which is known as Guru's Bridge. This path symbolizes the journey of the soul after death. Embraced by marble stairways, this tank is believed to have healing powers that can cure many diseases. The pilgrims gather at this place of mesmerizing beauty and sublime peacefulness to listen to hymns and pay obeisance to the Guru Granth Sahib (the holy scripture) which is read here.
The golden structure is a sight of beauty and awe, and despite the regular mantra recital; this place is incredibly intriguing and very peaceful. Around the edge of the compound, there are more shrines and monuments. The Sikh Museum is located inside the main entrance clock tower which shows the oppression endured by the Sikhs at the hands of the Mughals, the British and the Indian Government of 1984. The Ramgarhia Bunga is a protective fortress located at the southeast end of the tank. This fort is surrounded by two Islamic-style minarets. Golden Temple is indisputably one of the most exquisite attractions in the world.
Jallianwala Bagh :
Located near the famous Golden Temple of Amritsar, Jallianwala Bagh is a public garden which houses a memorial to commemorate the massacre of peaceful celebrators by the British forces. The tragic incident left a deep scar on the country, and a memorial was constructed post the independence for the innocents who lost their lives in this devastating incident. Established by the government of India in 1951, the massacre memorial was inaugurated by Dr. Rajendra Prasad on 13th April 1961. The place has been turned into a beautiful park and is managed by the Jallianwala Bagh National memorial trust.
Spread over 6.5 acres of land, Jallianwala Bagh is associated with one of the saddest days in Indian History when thousands of innocent people were killed on the orders of General Dyer. There is a narrow lane between the houses which lead to the lawn of the park. There is a memorial tablet at the entrance which serves as a record of history. A number of structures are present inside the premises which resound of the atrocities that occurred here. These include a wall which still bears the marks of the bullets that were hurled blindly at the civilians and a well in which many people jumped to save themselves from the onslaught of the bullets. It is estimated that over a 1000 Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs lost their lives in this brutal assault. A memorial in their remembrance has been installed here as well.
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Junagarh Fort, Bikaner
Built in 1593 A.D. the fort is a formidable structure encircled by a moat and has some beautiful palaces within.
These palaces, made in red sandstone (Dulmera) and marble, make a picturesque ensemble of countryards, balconies, kiosks and windows dotted all over the structure.
The imposing fort has 986 long wall with 37 bastions and two entrances. It is approached through the Karan Poal which is the main entrance. Among the palaces of interest are Anop mahal, Ganga niwas and Rang mahal or palace of pleasure. The Anoop Mahal is famous for its gold leaf painting. Har Mandir- a majestic chapel where the royal family worshiped there Gods and Goddesses. Chandra mahal or moon palace has exquisite paintings on the lime plaster walls and Phool mahal or the Flower palace is decorated with inset mirror work. The gigantic columns , arches and graceful screen grace the palaces. Karan Mahal was built to commemorate a notable victory over the Mughal Aurangzeb.The other important parts are Durbar Hall, Gaj mandir, Sheesh Mahal or mirror chamber etc.
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Kar Sewa of Shaheedi Gallery & photo of Sant Baba Thakur Singh Khalsa Damdami Taksal -SGPC
Kar Sewa of Shaheedi Gallery starting & installation of portrait of
Sant Baba Thakur Singh Ji Khalsa Bhindarnwale (Damdami Taksal)
at Sikh Central Museum in
Sri Darbar Sahib Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple)
complex on July-06-2017
by Damdami Taksal & SGPC
live coverage by Akaal Channel