A Day Dream: Visiting The Water Palace "Neermahal":
Hello dear, A lot of many people love to travel and experience the taste of new place, new atmosphere, new environment and they finally says Woahh the...Melaghar NEERMAHAL.
A trip to NEERMAHAL in Melaghar Tourist circuit of southwest Tripura is indeed while you are plan to travel for Tripura State.This is Only such a palace around the water by of Rudra Sagar, in Sipahijala District of TRIPURA State. In India this the 2nd Jalmahal/Neermahal after Jalmahal in Rajasthan.
This royal palace[Water palace inside waterbody] was built by King Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur of the erstwhile Kingdom of Tripura,India in the middle of the lake Rudrasagar.
In 1930 it was started construction work and was completed by 1938. It is situated in Melaghar, 53 kilometers away[ towards south] from the Agartala, the capital of Tripura. The palace is situated in the middle of Rudrasagar Lake and assimilates Hindu and Muslim architectural styles.
The palace is the largest of its kind in India and the only one in Eastern India. There are only two water palace in India another one is the Jal Mahal in Rajasthan. Known as ‘lake palace’ of Tripura, Neermahal was constructed as a summer residence. It was Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Bahadur idea to build a palace in the beautiful Rudrasagar lake and in 1921 he accredited the British company Martin and Burns to construct the palace for him. The company took nine years to complete the work. Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Bahadur belonged to the ‘Manikya Dynasty’ which is supposed to be the second from a single line in the world today.
The palace is the establishment of Maharaja’s great taste and his fascinating idea of blending Hindu and Muslim traditions and cultures.
During to my recent trip to Tripura for a week days[ 19 to 27 May 2017], we'd got a chance to cover it, this time Mr Lal C Lal [From North India] was with me. we Visited there by Hire an Auto rickshaw from Agartala city which around to and from 70 KM, and we pay Rs 10/- per KM [700 Rupees to our Auto driver Mr Tapas DEY.
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