AMAR MAHAL PALACE

Amar Mahal Palace in Jammu

The Amar Mahal Place is a palace in jammu, in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, India, which has now been convered into a Museum.IT was built in The nineteenth century for Raja Amar Singh, a Dogra king by a French architect on The lines of a French Chateau. The palace was donated on The Hari-Tara charitable trust by Dr. Karan Singh for use as a museum.IT has many exhibits including a golden throne weighing weighing 120 kg, Pahari miniature and Kangra painting S, a library of 25,000 antique books and many rare art collection.

The palace was The last official residence of the Dogra dynasty, and a large collection of portrait S of The royal family are also on display in The Museum.