SUMMARY
Palaces of Orchha is the project topic, Palaces of Orchha is a epitome of royalty and richness of Bundela dynasty. King palace, Jahangir palace, shish mahal and Rai Praveen palace of orchha are located around each other, Rudra Pratap singh Bundela started the construction of King palace and completed by King Madhukar shah in 1561 A.D. it is the oldest palace of Orchha and it is based on indo Islamic Architecture with the extraordinary jali work. Jahangir palace is the second palace of the campus. Emperor Vir Singh Deo constructed the Jahangir palace for reception of fourth Mughal emperor of India Jahangir as a form gift. Jahangir palace based on the Hindu and Islamic architecture with eight graceful domes. The whole palace was decorated with the green and blue colours.
The Shish mahal is the third largest palace of campus which has been converted by the Tourism Development Corporation for residential purpose is the Shish Mahal, was constructed by Maharaja Uday Singh in 1763 A.D. for use as a rest house. It does not have the intricacy of details found in the main building, but has beauty of its own. The terrace on the first floor is held between the two portion of this wing and the walls dip down from both sides at an inclination to reveal the open terrace. It was prince palace before time, but when the capital shifted from orchha to Tiakmgarh. This palace was built as a retreat for the royal families. After the Independence of India this portion came under the supervision of Government and it has been converted in to hotel, as a heritage hotel.
Rai Praveen Mahal is the fourth palace of fort campus. Emperor Indrajeet Singh constructed this palace i 1675 A.D. It is also known as Anand Mandal Bagh and Ragmanika bhavan. Rai Praveen was a respected name for her melody of voice, mastery on the art of vocal singing with pure expressions of Ragas and Raginis. She was an expert artisan in Indian dances not only a dancer but also gifted with aesthetic scene of composing poetry. She was a disciple Keshav Das ji, A part of high position among the great masters of Ritikall she has been taken to be love with Indrajeet Singh.