Hazarduari Palace Museum, West Bengal, India

4.5 (242 reviews) Monday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent Ranking #1 in West Bengal Speciality Museums

Time travel

The palace as named has indeed numerous doors. But many of them are false. However, the name palace associated with the name does not signify that it had few zamindars or nawabs to stay there. Actually, this building was built by the British to camafledge their intention of strengthening their footings in Bengal. They dramatised the rulings of justice by a nominated nawab who imparted their ruling in front of masjid which apparently created the confusion that the nawab is following the rule of justice. But actually he passed the dictum of the British only. But the building is majestic in appearance and housed many beautiful paintings along with few articles which were used by the nawab families over a great period of time. As a whole the travel reveals a lot of untold stories.
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Address

Hazarduari Palace, Murshidabad 742 160 India

Mobile

+91 3482 270 334

Website

http://asi.nic.in/asi

Working hours

Monday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday :
Saturday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Current local date and time now

Monday, May 13, 2024, 10:47

User Ratings

4.5 based on (242 reviews)

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Reviews

  • 5Mʀ Khaledy 5:00 PM Sep 13, 2022
    Hazarduari- The Palace of Gold
    It's a heritage building that should be promoted more so that more tourists from outside West Bengal come to visit this beautiful palace. ASI is doing fine in maintaining the Hajarduari Palace unlike some other structures and monuments nearby. The museum is well maintained and the gardens are too. If only the vicinity were a bit cleaner, it would be wonderful. The white imambara facing the palace compliments it's golden hue. It's a beautiful experience visiting the palace. The Hazarduari Palace Museum is famous for tourist attraction exhibiting beautiful artefacts, especially, the golden colour on it. This is why the palace is known as The Palace of Gold. Moreover, the paintings, weapons like Siraj-Ud-Daula's swords, statues and vintage cars that once belonged to the Nawabs of the 18th century. it's a symbol of pride for dwellers of Murshidabad too like me. Unfortunately, camera is not allowed.
  • 4Shibaji D 5:00 PM Aug 15, 2022
    BENGAL'S GLORIOUS PAST
    We drove down the banks of the Hooghly (the width here a let down from what we see in Kolkata) for 7km to the HAZARDUARI (please check the parking area and don’t get enticed by the touts). A short walk took us inside the massive gallery that HAZARDUARI is today. We went back in history to the glorious days of the Nawabs – the paintings, the edicts, the literary works on display, the armoury – it takes a long time even to browse through the displays (unfortunate that we didn’t spot an official guide who could explain).

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