Baroda
The
town of Baroda, also named Vadodara . The city has a a deep trace of the beneficial
influence of the Gaekwar dynasty (this name has as a significance "Guards
of the Cows"), enlightened sovereigns who founded public colleges and
hospitals, buildings and museums.
The Municipal Museum (City Museum)
is a fine victorian style building. Special reference to, a very
beautiful collection of statues of stone and bronze of various times (superb
Ganesh de Samalaji, large votive lamps of Nepal, the Divine Mothers, of Tirthankaras
of bronze, old bronzes tibétains...).
The E.M.E. is an army institution on the army. It created a temple of Shiva Dakshinamurti, of modern architecture and design , dedicated to all the branches of the Hindu religion. In the garden which surrounds it, several of ancient statues are disseminated.
The Palace of the Royal family , presently Lakshmi Vilas Deluxe Hotel, built between 1880 and 1890, is an astonishing monument of more than 150 meters length, juxtaposing various styles, Indians and Europeans. The rooms worth visiting, Durbar Hall, etc, are impressionantes by their width, the prodigal use of marbles of color, the glosses.