Durbar Hall is a place where Indian Kings had their formal and informal meetings. The famous ones belonged to Great Emperors and Kings. In the North, places like Udaipur, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Jaiselmer, Agra have palaces that adorn such magnificent halls. The Mughal Emperor Akbar had two halls; one for his ministers and the other for the general public. Usually Durbar halls are lavishly decorated with the best possible materials available at the time.
In the south of India, the Mysore Palace had a number of such similar halls, especially the Peacock Hall, having colour tinted glasses imported from Belgium which were used for marriage ceremonies.
Read more about Durbar Hall: Durbar Hall - Fateh Prakash Palace, Udaipur, Durbar Hall - Khilawat Mubarak, Hyderabad
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