Rani Mahal
Rani Mahal is of the well-known monuments of Western Nepal as well as Gandaki Province. Khadga Shamsher Rana built it when he came to Palpa as Chief Governor in 1881 AD. This Mahalo was made in order to fulfill the last wish of his beloved queen Tej Kumari as she desired to have built a Durbar in her memory. After the death of his favorite queen in 1892 AD at Ridi of Palpa. Khadga Shamsher wandered various locations in order to select the proper site to build Rani Mahal. Finally, he liked this place to erect a memorial monument. However, it was very difficult to reach the selected site at a time when there was no access of any modern means of transportation and equipments since there was a huge cliff called Vaikundtha Pahara to remove from the desired location. Because of the strong dedication and willpower of Khadga Shamsher all of the difficult cliffs and other barriers were removed from the site and he was able to accomplish the difficult task of making such a majestic monument of ...