Diggi Palace, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Client: Ram Pratap Singh Diggi
Status: Phase I conversion and expansion completed
Hotel Diggi Palace, Jaipur, is a heritage property being the city house of the Thakurs of the Diggi Thikana. Such houses came into existence during or about the time Jaipur was built i.e. 1727 AD. The main building and its surrounding bagh as well as the fountain were constructed by Thakur Sahib Pratap Singh Ji of Diggi to hold the darbar whenever the thakur was in Jaipur to preside over the administration of “Diggi Thikana”.
The Diggi family still resides in a part of the building. Thakur Ram Pratap Singh along with family members converted a part of the property into a hotel. In 1991-92 Ravi Kaimal designed the conversion of the garden facing wing into a hotel.
It has also been described in the book on Fabindia by Radhika Singh.