Bikaner
Unlike most Rajasthan forts, Junagarh was never conquered — a record that speaks to both its engineering brilliance and its fearsome reputation. The fort complex is an extraordinary assemblage of royal palaces built across five centuries, each one layered onto the next in a progression from early Rajput to Mughal to colonial influences. The interior rooms are among the most ornately decorated in all of Rajasthan, with mirrored halls, carved sandstone screens, and painted ceilings at every turn.
The Karan Mahal and Anup Mahal inside the fort have some of the finest mirror and gold work in Rajasthan — spend extra time in these rooms. Photography of some interiors is restricted.