The state’s first luxury hotel The Ranwas Palace has been inaugurated in the historic Qila Mubarak of the royal city of Patiala, Punjab. CM Bhagwant Mann inaugurated it today (Wednesday). This hotel is a new example of art and culture in itself. The booking of a room for one night ranges from 47 thousand to five and a half lakhs. Anyone will be able to enjoy the lollies made in the restaurant here. However, before booking the hotel, online booking will be done. There will also be facilities for shooting royal and films etc. here. Soon Kapurthala and other palaces will also be run on the same lines.
No tampering has been done with the fort
This is an 18th century fort. The rich heritage of Punjab will be clearly visible in it. No tampering has been done with its original form. ‘The Ranwas Palace’ is the name of this hotel, the queens of Patiala Maharaja used to live here.
Film City Project in Mohali
The CM said that Punjab has property in Himachal’s McLeodganj, Rajasthan and Goa. Good news will be given about them soon. He told that earlier rest houses were sold. But after the formation of this government, property has been purchased.
Film City project is being brought in Siswan Dam. The CM said that Rajasthan has converted old forts into hotels. We have many palaces. At the same time, the culture of Punjab is very good. Patiala is very famous for many things. It will emerge as a wedding destination here. In response to a question, he told that former CM Channi had leased the hotel site of Goa for 12 lakhs. Which has been cancelled.
First of all, the face of Chauhal Dam changed
The CM said that before our government came, not much had happened in the tourism sector. But since our government has come, work has been done in this direction. Earlier, Chauhal Dam in Hoshiarpur has been developed as a tourism hub. There are facilities from food and drink to jungle safari and accommodation here.
You will be able to enjoy mustard greens and maize roti here. Similarly, Ranjit Sagar Dam has been developed as Chamrod.
The roof of the hotel is made of wood
The government has been working on this project for many years. Two years ago in 2022, this project gained momentum. The areas of Ranwas, Gilukhana and Lassi Khana located in Kila Mubarak have been converted into a heritage hotel. The Archaeological Department itself is getting the repair work of this building done by an organization in Delhi.
The government had released a fund of six crores in the initial phase. This hotel has been prepared within Kila Mubarak, the house of Baba Ala Singh, the founder of Patiala city. The roof of the hotel is made of wood.
Ranwas Palace is on the left as soon as you enter the fort. The queens of Patiala state used to live in this building and they were rarely allowed to go out of the building.
The hotel has such facilities
The upper part of this two-storey building has 3 excellent painting chambers, which have priceless paintings. There is a place called Lassi Khana. Where food was cooked and distributed to the female maids living inside. The lower part of the two-storey building has halls on the front side, which have been converted into rooms through partitions.
This is how the fort was built
Qila Mubarak was first built in 1763 by Sidhu Jat Shak Baba Ala Singh, the founder of the Patiala dynasty, as a Kachchi Garhi (mud fort). Later it was built with baked bricks. It is said that the original fort built in 1763 was an extension of the already existing Mughal fort built by Governor Hussain Khan in Patiala.
The inner part of the fort, known as Qila Androon, was built by Maharaja Amar Singh.
