Gajner

This hunting lodge is a miniature palace which the maharajas of Bikaner developed as a private hunting preserve, and where they perfected the art of shikar­diplomacy. Gajner's imperial sand­grouse shoot came to be the highlight of the season not only for other princes, but also with the British aristocracy in India.

Gajner Palace: In the 18th century, when Maharaja Gaj Singh married a J aisalmer princess, she requested him to build her a pleasure garden which he proceeded to do, also creating a tank in the process. This is how Gajner was conceived, and this was added to by successive rulers, till Maharaja Sardar Singh extended it into a hunting lodge with an even larger tank. It was this inheritance that Maharaja Ganga Singh was able to use for diplomatic gains, perfecting the hunt to a fine art, and contiguous with the hospitality with which it became associated. It was during his rule too that the new Gajner Place was designed by Sir Swinton Jacob, complete with twin dressing rooms per room to allow couples to get dressed at their own pace. While the annexe to the main palace was opened as a hotel in
1976, the palace too is a hotel now with 25 rooms and a restaurant on the premises.

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