Archive · 7 Aug 2025
Inside Lukshmi Vilas Palace: The World's Largest Private Residence
The Lukshmi Vilas Palace in India is the biggest private home in the world, even bigger than Buckingham Palace.
Built in the late 1800s, it's still home to the Gaekwad royal family.
The palace is a mix of Indian and European styles, with fancy features like stained glass and chandeliers.
It was one of the first places to have electricity and elevators.
Today, it's a family home, where the current Maharani is still discovering new things about the palace.
Lukshmi Vilas Palace in Vadodara, India, is the world's largest private residence.
The palace was commissioned in 1878 by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III and completed in 1890.
It showcases a fusion of Indian craftsmanship and Western design, including Indo-Saracenic and European elements.
The palace features early technologies like electricity and elevators, along with promoting gender equality.
The palace is the ancestral home of the Gaekwad dynasty and is still a family home today.
- Who
- Home of the royal Gaekwad family.
- What
- The Lukshmi Vilas Palace, the world's largest private residence.
- When
- Construction began in 1878 and was completed in 1890.
- Where
- Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
- Why
- Commissioned by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III.
- Location
- Vadodara, Gujarat, India
- Size
- 30.5 million square feet
- Built By
- Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III
- Year Started
- 1878
- Completed
- 1890
- Family
- Gaekwad family
