The palace appears to float on the waters of the lake, hence the name Jal Mahal (Water Palace). The lake was created in the 16th Century by constructing a dam to conserve water. The palace ...

The design successfully combined the concept of the Jal Mahal, or water palace, with the Char Bagh layout of a formal Mughal ...

Now, two decades later, he has chronicled the restoration journey in his book Jal Mahal: Revival of the Pleasure Palace ... that could thrive in varying water depths and act as natural purifiers ...