Maharaja Sardar Singhji was an ardent musician and greatly enjoyed playing the Rag Malhar. For this reason, he decided to recreate the vibrancy of monsoons in the Badal Mahal or ‘Palace of Clouds’. Blue forms the base of the surface over which white and grey clouds have been painted, and thunder lightning is depicted in gold.

Information & Image Courtesy: Royal Palaces of India by Tarun Chopra