The painted gallery
Chitrashala brings together densely painted walls and ceilings in the distinctive Bundi idiom, combining courtly scenes, devotion, landscape and ornament.
Chitrashala · Chattar Mahal Complex · Phool Mahal · Badal Mahal
Painting and architecture meet across the palace in decorated halls, intimate chambers and the celebrated Chitrashala.
Chitrashala brings together densely painted walls and ceilings in the distinctive Bundi idiom, combining courtly scenes, devotion, landscape and ornament.
The Chattar Mahal complex preserves painted architectural surfaces alongside carved columns and courtly spaces.
Phool Mahal contains richly coloured painted surfaces that extend the palace's visual narrative into its more intimate chambers.
Badal Mahal is part of the interconnected painted ensemble, where ornament, figuration and architecture are read as a single composition.