Rajgarh, around 20 km from Khajuraho, was founded in the late seventeenth century, a period marked by shifting power between ...

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The Cooch Behar dynasty was among India’s most cosmopolitan royal houses, blending Koch lineage with European modernity. From ...

The Leela Palace New Delhi's Grand Lobby. You’ve likely imagined a trip to India to experiences its sites and sights, sounds, smells and tastes. Whether or not you’ve yet been able to take what many ...

IF YOU thought a trip to India meant dodging clapped-out buses while riding in dusty rickshaws and gambling your health on the local food, you have never been a guest of one of its luxurious palaces.

The Maharajas of India's past built magnificent palaces as a symbol of their power. But in 1971, India abolished "privy purses," or governmental payments made to these rulers. Several of them ...

India may have abolished royal titles in 1971, but the story did not end with the last Privy Purse. Across Rajasthan’s deserts, Kerala’s coconut palaces and the Deccan plateau, the great princely ...

The royal past of India has been kept alive not just through their impressive buildings and landmarks, but also through the impressive palaces built centuries ago, which still represent the power and ...

India's royal families, far from fading, are thriving empires of luxury hospitality and smart businesses. Dynasties like Jodhpur and Jaipur, with for ...

India is, without question, the most engaging, colourful, chaotic, spiritual and life-affirming country in the world. It is an assault on the senses – all of them, nearly all of the time. I have been ...