Palace Library

The library in the living area was built using the neoclassical style with Greek columns and a pediment. Other book cabinets in the living room and bedrooms were specially designed for the rooms.

Almost all its books are with leather bound and large portion of the books is accented with 22 carat gold. Its collection includes antique books, western and Indian classics and books on architecture, art, history, philosophy, economics, and government. Antique books include collection from as early as the 1700s. These include books by Greek philosophers, Roman emperors, and European social and political thinkers.

All key western books on philosophy and government including English and American constitutional history are part of the library. The list includes books on the origins of the English Constitution (such as the Magna Carta) and the American Constitution (such as the Federalist Papers). Other classics include several editions of “Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” by Edward Gibbon.

Indian history books consist of books on early India by Arabic and Chinese travellers and on colonial India by English and Indian authors. Other books include Indian architecture, Hindu and Buddhist philosophy, and Telugu history and literature.

Fiction and English literature include books by William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, John Donne, John Milton, Bernard Shaw, and Anton Chekhov.