Nearly 300 years old, Jaipur’s City Palace has always been a must-visit attraction for first-

timers to the city, and in recent years, it has gradually also become a contemporary cultural centre. One can enjoy a meal at the rooftop restaurant The Sarvato , stop by to browse the offerings at the Princess Diya Kumari Foundation store or see works by renowned artists at the Jaipur Centre for Art, a new gallery space. There is a gentle transformation at play and the goal is to stay relevant for Jaipur’s residents, even as it engages with the art world and the surrounding community in its own unique way.

Mrinalini Venkateswaran, deputy director and head of collections of the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum Trust, notes, “The pace of change has picked up over the last couple of years, qui

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