Jaipur House

Jaipur House is the former residence of the Maharaja of Jaipur in the city of New Delhi, India. It is situated at the end of Rajpath, facing the India Gate. Jaipur House was commissioned in 1936 by Maharaja Man Singh II as his residence in Lutyens’ Delhi and completed in 1938 to a design by Arthur Blomfield and Francis Blomfield. Its butterfly‑plan layout features twin wings radiating from a domed central pavilion clad in red and buff Dholpur sandstone, punctuated by Rajput columns, Mughal motifs and a saucer‑shaped dome. In 1954, the building was repurposed as the National Gallery of Modern Art, India’s premier public institution for modern and contemporary art.