India is home to some of the most beautiful and grand private residences in the world. With wealthy entrepreneurs and celebrities hiring the best of what the architectural world has to offer, it is not uncommon to see tasteful and well designed homes that scream money. However, there is a rare league of homes which are a class apart due to their long and storied pasts and they are the homes of the royals of the erstwhile princely states. The grandest among them and certainly the largest private residence in the world is the Lukshmi Vilas Palace in Vadodra , Gujarat which is the seat of the royal Gaekwad family of Baroda.

Private residence is too punitive of a word to describe the grandeur of the Lukshmi Vilas Palace, for it is larger than life and costs a pretty penny. With a worth of

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