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History plays Mannequin

oday finds an easy reference within the glory days of past tradition at the historic Sawantwadi Palace Boutique Art Hotel. Here, fiercely guarded palace recipes such as sunti gola and keshari maas share space with ramen and croissants in the royal kitchen. Just as heritage art forms such as the Persian-origin ganjifa paintings and lacquer ware find modern expression on night lamps and mirror frames. At the two-month-old Sawantwadi Palace Boutique Art Hotel, currently the only royal residence-hotel in Maharashtra, heritage

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