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Rampuria Haveli
 The
most famous cluster of havelies is the Rampuria Group of
Havelies. Built by Balujee Chalva under instructions
from Rampuria family its carvings show surprising skill.
Rampuria havelis are many in number and are big in size
and being located at nearly adjacent positions make
great impression almost like the great havelies of
Jaisalmer, the Patwa havelies. Their appears an
undeniable similarity between the two havelies perhaps
because both of them were mainly conceived and built by
Vishwakarma clan. The interior scheme of decoration of
the two havelies is very different. The Patwa havelies
were built earlier and emphasized on exterior decoration
and minute carvings on jaisalmeri stone while the
Rampuria havelies were built of dulmera stone. The
jaisalmeri stone is yellow in colour. The dulmera stone
is red.
Both are soft red stones. Exquisite and minute carvings
come
naturally to both the stones. The patwa havelies have
more carvings in the interior also. The Rampuria
havelies are decorated with golden work of the highest
quality. They have dankhanas (Drawing Room) which take
us to the mughal and rajput period of amalgamation and
synthesis. They have Victorian influence in abundance.
The wood carvings in Rampuria Havelies are more
exquisite and are far more beautiful. Another
distinguishing feature is that Rampuria havelies have
diverse exterior and each haveli has a pattern of its
own. The Patwa havelies have more intricate carvings but
the Rampuria havelies show a more varied face. |
