Commissioned in 1878 by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III and completed in 1890, the Lukshmi Vilas Palace in Vadodara, Gujarat, is so much more than just the world's largest private residence. It is an icon of Indo-Saracenic architecture – a revivalist style favoured by British architects during the Raj era – and a larger-than-life example of the global-meets-local artisanal exchange that was taking place in India at the time.
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