les chalets du berger Tripura s most iconic building, the 1930 Neermahal, is a long, red-and-white water palace (admission

Tripura s most iconic building, the 1930 Neermahal, is a long, red-and-white les chalets du berger water palace (admission/camera/video 10/10/25; h8.30am-4pm, les chalets du berger until 4.30pm les chalets du berger Apr-Sep), which is empty but shimmering on its own boggy island in the lake of Rudra Sagar. Like its counterpart in Rajasthan s Udaipur, this

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