The Chowmahalla Palace or literally “4 palace” was the residence of the Nizams of Hyderabad. This palace complex served a ceremonial role including coronations and state banquets. The palace is said to be modeled after the palace of the Shah of Iran. This particular palace was built in 1750.
As a first time visitor to Chowmahalla, I was impressed by the grandeur of this palace, immaculately maintained grounds and buildings, and tremendous opportunities for photography. Needless to say I shall be visiting there again on my next trip to Hyderabad.
Technical Details
All pictures from a Nikon D80 camera fitted with a Tamron 18-250mm f3.5/5.6 zoom lens. Photographs processed in Adobe Lightroom and NIK software suite. Larger versions of the photographs are available from my flickr page.
Check out my other posts on Chowmahalla Palace
- The Royal Verandah (juridicious.com)
- Window Gazing (juridicious.com)
- Doors to Perception (juridicious.com)
Juridicious 
Nice capture J! Do they allow you to go the side galleries? Looks like the pic of the grand hall and the full chandelier is from one of the side windows. In many places they do not allow visitors in the side galleries because they do not have enough staff to watch over those places. Often there is equally interesting stuff along these galleries.
Yes.. Here you can take a tour of the gallery and get a view of the hall below. The gallery was opulent, with paintings and other objects displayed.
I recommend a visit here if you’re in Hyderabad next. Ticketed but worth it.
Amazing shots! Wow!