Mandu also known as Mandavgarh is a ruined city in the Dhar district, now best known for a fort built by Baaz Bahadur in memory of his queen Rani Roopmati. Between 1401 and 1561 it was the capital of a Muslim state in the north of India. One of the biggest fort here is Jahaj Mahal, Jahaj Mahal (in Urdu Language ‘Jahaj’ means “Ship” and ‘Mahal’ means “Palace”, the “Ship Palace”). It was so named, since its reflection (illusion) in the surrounding reservoir looked like a ship floating on a lake.
It was built during the reign of Mandu Sultan Ghiyas-ud-din Khilji, who is believed to have as many as 15,000 women as his consorts. To accommodate the women belonging to the royal consortium, Jahaz Mahal was built in second half of the 15th century.
Here are some of the pictures I took of Jahaj Mahal.
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Hi @ApooravNigam
Can you give me more details like where it is and how to reach the mahal??? I mean the most preferred mode of transport…
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Hi @AnshukMitra , first of all Mandu is a place of forts, monuments and sceneries so I suggest you to visit the whole city. Normally people use to take there own mode of transport but you can hire a local 4 wheeler from Mandu as well, they will visit you the complete city.
Also this city is near my home town so let me know if you visit Mandu, I would love to help you to suggest the best accommodation and food in Mandu 
, and best time to visit here is in Monsoon.
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Thank you @ApooravNigam for all the information regarding travel. I will surely visit it in future.
Please remove your personal contact details from here as it’s not encouraged.
Once again thank you
Great posts, nice pics! Over here in western Europe, we weren’t told anything about India nor its rich history and culture. Only about Mother Theresa and the fact that most Indians were starving in the streets… I have been to India professionnally but haven’t really visited the country… A disgrace, I know…
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Hey @ApooravNigam ,
This place looks amazing. Did you spent the whole day there?
As I see this is your first post, I will take the chance to welcome you to our community. Hope you like it here and continue showing us such amazing places with your publications. If you have a minute, please take the time to Introduce Yourself in our monthly topic, where you will also be able to meet other Local Guides.
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Enjoy 
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Thank you @PeterVantieghem , India is a place of different type of people, hundreds of festivals with millions of lights and colors, here every state and every region has different food and taste with thousands of verity. I invite you to visit India once for explore.
Hi @Bobiisha , yeah this place and whole city is amazing. I spend full day to explore this place.
And yes I like this portal very much that connects all the local guides, I’m looking at everyone’s post and I like to learn how the way they are sharing there experience from different places. I hope I’ll definitely learn so many things from here.
Thank You 
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Hey @ApooravNigam ,
I just noticed that your text is not your own. Please edit your post so that we don’t have to remove it from the forum. You can refer to some facts, but content should be original.
If you have difficulties in writing your own text, please check this topic.
Hi @Bobiisha , please don’t move this post from local guide, this information is from different sources. Actually I didn’t have much information about this place so I collected and post it from different sources, I posted this just because I visited this place, I liked it so much so I start collecting more information about this place and share so that everyone can know about this and explore the palace and enjoy the beautiful views of this city.
I’ll surely try to write my own content next time.
Hey @ApooravNigam ,
I won’t remove your post, I also love the photos you have shared but the text is against our rules policy. Just try to rewrite it in a way that it isn’t copy-pasted from Wikipedia, change it a little bit - you can still use the facts. You can also mention the source where the information was taken from .
