Diggi Palace

Diggi Palace now known as The Diggi Palace Hotel is an Indian royal palace located in Jaipur, Rajasthan.[1][2] It was converted into a heritage hotel, but a part is still occupied by the royal family, which also runs the hotel.[3] The annual Jaipur Literature Festival is held here since 2006.[4][5]

History

The former haveli belongs to the Thakurs (Khangarot Rajputs) of Diggi, a thikana or estate 40 km south-west from Jaipur, earlier part of the Jaipur state.[6] Each of the thakurs since its construction in 1980s, added to the present structure, which in 1991 was partly converted to a heritage hotel by the present owners Thakur Ram Pratap Singh Diggi and his wife, Jyotika Kumari Diggi.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Not being at Diggi Palace". The Week. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Review:Diggi Palace". New York Times.
  3. ↑ "Take me to the Jaipur palace". The Australian. June 12, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Rushdie gag order highlights India's battle for free speech". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Jaipur Literature Festival: Literati glitterati weekend in India". CNNGo. 18 January 2010.
  6. ↑ George Michell; Aman Nath (2005). Palaces of Rajasthan. Frances Lincoln. p. 55.
  7. ↑ "History".

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