This is the story of a man who is redefining museum culture in Jaipur with his exceptional vision. The visionary is none other than Anoop Shrivastav who has carved a niche on global map by bringing up two world class museums in Jaipur: The first one is Jaipur Wax Museum and the other one is Khazana Mahal. While the first one speaks the stories of legends carved on wax, the Khazana Mahal gives you an experience of the captivating charm of hundreds of rare artifacts, each of which has a story as unique and old as time itself
Khazana Mahal, standing synonymous to its name, is a unique concept which takes visitors on a magical journey of gems, jewellery, crafts, heritage, history, folklore and tradition.
Nested in the stunning realms of a 100 year old heritage Haveli set in pristine Aravali hills, the guests here feel captivated with bedazzling beauty of jewels, gems and stones which have displayed here with elegance.
Khazana Mahal is situated close to the historically famous Parshuram Dwar, where the Ashwamedha Yagya was performed initially by Lord Ram and then in 1734 by Raja Sawai Jai Singh the second.
The museum is unique in all its endeavour as it shows the rare crafting of gems and jewellery and also screens a mesmerizing film which takes visitors altogether into different world. Speaking the story of crafting and making of a stone, the visitor gets into awe of the piece of artistry.
As you get into the museum, the beautiful stones from different parts of the world will leave you mesmerized and as you keep walking, there will be a stop where you feel bedazzled with the beauty of glasswork. Here you can stand and see yourself in different glass frames which makes a USP of this is the beauty of selfie point.
This museum houses the largest finger ring in the world, a piece of a real shooting star, replica of the famous Kohinoor diamond.
And when you come out, get ready for adrenaline rush as well as there is zip lining activity available here.
So kids can have a gala time watching the story of a stone and getting adventure activities done.
Also, there are traditional activities where kids can be seen engaged in a pottery making arts and shaking legs to folk songs.
Further, the other baby of Shrivastav is Wax Museum as he is the Creative Director of the famous Jaipur Wax Museum.
The most unique perspective of this museum is its location. The pristine museum is situated at 300 years old Heritage of Nahargarh Fort & Sheesh Mahal, The other unique perspective is that it is the only wax museum in Rajasthan which has been built with the unique combination of culture and technology an hence has now emerged as an ultimate tourist attraction.
The most beautiful part of the museum is Sheesh Mahal. The 25 million glass pieces leave the audience in awe of the beauty of its pristine design. Royal Darbar is the gallery of traditional costumes of royal family members, unique and antique artifacts, decorative paintings, wonderful a royal buggy and life-like interactive statues.
The Jaipur Wax museum is the first wax museum in the world to be opened at a heritage site which houses around 32 life-like wax statues of famous personalities. Many of these icons are trailblazers in their respective fields, and have been crafted by India’s maiden and senior most wax sculptor, Susanta Ray. To provide a unique experience to the visitors, the wax statues are complimented by ingenious sets and backdrops. The Jaipur wax museum also has on display the Gati Gamini, which is a 10-foot long Royal Enfield Bullet, the signature Rajasthan Tourism Motorbike.