Padam Palace — Attraction in Rampur

The dome of thought, the palace of the soul.......

Exploring Himachal Pradesh........ Padma palace...... Rampur bushahr...... Early morning walk to the kings place.....

The Bashahr dynasty originally used to rule from Kamru Fort near Sangla in Kinnaur and Shimla region. Later they moved their base to Sarahan and some 100 years back to Rampur Bushahr, along the beautiful River Sutlej. Interestingly, if you go by mythology and legends, the dynasty trace their roots back to Lord Krishna’s family.....

*History of Padam Palace In the middle of the city, near bus stand, just adjacent to the Nau Nabh heritage hotel stands the walled, exalted Padam Palace. The Palace and town once served as the winter capital of Princely state Bushair but today it is just a private residence of the royal family and Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh.The foundation stone of Padam Palace was laid down in 1919 by Raja Padam Singh, who was 122nd King in the league of Bushahr dynasty and the father of Virbhadra Singh. The construction spanned over 6 years and got completed in 1925......

***Padam Palace Complex Just as you walk in , there was a huge sprawling complex with a lot of green lawns. At one end of the lawn, there is a colorful glass and wood building known as Sheesh Mahal, in the center stood octagonal dome-shaped structure in a turquoise blue color known as Machhkandi. Whereas on the other end, stretched a building in ash grey color with huge vertical pillars, known as Padam Palace. The dark shades against the green background and blue sky truly represented that the building has grown more elegant with time.....

Machhkandi** The eight-sided dome-shaped wooden structure in the lawn, Machhkandi was the place from where King interacted with his public. The structure is painted in blue, has a lot of carvings and figurines and four entrances.From all the eight angles, the views were different but equally enchanting......

The dome was astonished to see, the colors, symbols, and figurines on it. The engraved symbols and figures were Om, Ram, Name of the king, state, fish, flowers etc.....

The Palace After comming down the Machkkandi, there started the horizon of horizontally spread elegant Palace. The Palace has a huge facade with symmetric arches and geometrically designed ceiling with green and red glass patches in between. The chocolate brown colored wooden carvings on the first floor, crowned by reddish brown gables and multi-gabled bandstands clearly depicted the architecture skills of craftsmen. The tapered wooden screen on the first floor has floral designs and figures to partially admit light without exposing inside.......

In the whole structure, the major attraction was the alluring blue front door with a lot of glass work on it. Few glasses in center of the door were colored and tinted. On each side of the door, was placed a statue of Hindu idols -Lord Ganesha and Lord Balaji...

Another, striking feature of the palace is completely No use of cement anywhere. Instead, the black gram paste was used for cementing the stone blocks...

PADAM PALACE: THE ROYAL PALACE IN RAMPUR BUSHAHR

🏯 Padam Palace: Padam Palace is one of the most attractions at Rampur Bushahr in Shimla. It once served as the Winter Capital of the former princely state of Bushair. Raja Padam Singh laid the foundation the palace on the left bank of River Satluj in the year 1919. The construction of Padam Palace took six years and it was completed in 1925. Chief engineer who supervised its construction was known as Bir Chand Shukla. A visit to Rampur Bushahr is incomplete without a visit to the Historic Padam Palace . Located on the main road at Rampur, this palace is unique and beautiful to visit. Brilliant wooden curving and multicolored glass add uniqueness to the wonderful architectural marvel. Padam Palace, a wonderful structure at Rampur we visited Padam Palace at Rampur. Rampur Bushahr is the last capital of the Bushahr dynasty that ruled Shimla & Kinnaur regions for a long time. Bushahr dynasty ruled from Kamru fort near Sangla. Then moved to Sarahan and finally to Rampur on the banks of Sutlej River. Padam palace is a private property of the Royal family of Bushahr. Raja Padam Singh laid the foundation stone of this palace in the year 1919. At the entrance of the palace, a brilliant wooden carved idol of Balaji wals kept. This long building with ash grey stone pillars, chocolate brown carved wood first floor, and a red coloured slanted roof is marvellous. Blue doors with multi-colored stained glasses provided the richness at the base level. If you peep inside through these glasses, you see huge halls with little furniture but similar doors on the other side. The colourful glasses bringing in the sunlight split in multiple colours.

Padam Palace is one of the most attractions at Rampur Bushahr in Shimla. It once served as the Winter Capital of the former princely state of bushair. Raja Padam Singh laid the foundation the palace on the left bank of River Satluj in the year 1919. The construction of Padam Palace took six years and it was...

Rampur Bushahr is the last capital of the Bushahr or Bashahr dynasty that ruled Shimla & Kinnaur regions for a long time. If you go by legends, they trace their ancestry to Pradyumna – the Son of Lord Krishna. You do see a lot of Vishnu temples in the Bushahr region. So the belief may have some basis. However, in the recorded history Bushahr dynasty ruled from Kamru fort near Sangla. Then moved to Sarahan and finally about 100 years back to Rampur on the banks of Sutlej river.

On one side of the main road in Rampur stands the glory of Rampur – it’s handsome and well-maintained Padam Palace. Raja Padam Singh laid the foundation stone of this palace in 1919 CE.

It is a lovely mix of European style stone structure at the base and intricate woodwork typical of Bushahr region on top. There is a lovely fountain in the lawns in front of the palace. In one corner of lawn stands an open pavilion in blue color with intricately carved ceiling.

Macchkandi, the seating area for the royalty during celebrations, is situated at one end of the lawn and is definitely a masterpiece in woodwork. Woodwork has been done so cleverly that sunlight is let in, but people inside are not visible to the outsiders. Gurjit Singh Fishta was the designer of...