Maharani Chamber To Hidden Bars, Curly Tales Gets Tour Of Umaid Bhawan Palace, Home To India’s Richest Royals

There’s something oh-so-cinematic about walking through Umaid Bhawan Palace. And when Curly Tales got a rare tour inside the palace, it felt like stepping into a private world the public rarely sees.

Inside Umaid Bhawan Palace: Hidden Royal Rooms & Vintage Cars

Built in 1943 by Maharaja Umaid Singh Ji, the palace still carries his presence so strongly that it almost feels frozen in time. The royal wing, where the family lived, opens up into spaces so massive they stop making sense after a point. The Maharaja and Maharani suites alone span 4,850 square feet each. That is larger than most urban apartments combined, but the scale never feels exaggerated. 

The Maharaja Chamber, for instance, doesn’t scream royalty but simmers in it. Burnt orange walls, dark wooden tones, animal motifs stitched into fabrics, towering paintings, and vintage pieces fill the room without making it feel crowded. War paintings are hanging across the space, and old music systems are sitting like museum artefacts, all co-existing as the royal memorabilia. 

What stood out most, though, was an object that appears to be a mirror. Except it isn’t really one! The detail was left teasingly mysterious during the tour, almost like the palace enjoys keeping some of its secrets hidden in plain sight. Watch the full episode to find out its secret! 

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The Palace’s Maharaja & Maharani Suites Feel Frozen In Time

Then comes the Maharani Chamber, and the atmosphere softens almost immediately. The heavy browns and oranges disappear into calming peach-pink tones spread across the suite. The room feels gentler and almost intimate. One of its biggest highlights is a gigantic tejori where royal jewellery, ornaments, and poshaaks embroidered with gold and silver zari were once stored. This kind of magical detail reminds you how unimaginably wealthy royal households once were.

And just when you think you’ve understood the visual aura of the palace, the Palm Court changes everything again. Suddenly, there are shades of white everywhere! The architecture leans gloriously into Western and colonial influences without losing its royal identity. It feels less like Rajasthan for a second and more like a European estate planted in the middle of Jodhpur.

The tour also passes through an extraordinary collection of vintage cars, including royal models from the 1930s and 40s. They don’t look like vehicles anymore; they look like time capsules polished to perfection.

But the biggest shift happens inside the Mardana Wing. The spaces become darker, sharper, and heavier. There’s a billiards room, a trophy bar, and the grand Darbar Hall that instantly changes the mood of the tour. Even the former Darbar Hall has now been converted into a museum, preserving fragments of royal life that would otherwise have disappeared into history.

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Watch the full Palaces Of India episode on the Curly Tales App or the Curly Tales YouTube Channel. 

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