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Rajasthani forts and havelis gain contemporary interiors while their old courts remain the centre.
RAAS restores Rajasthan’s historic buildings as intimate hotels, with a Himalayan villa extending the collection beyond its original setting. Brothers Nikhilendra and Dhananjaya Singh began with an eighteenth-century Jodhpur haveli in 2009, later bringing a dam-side camp, a fort near Udaipur, and a Jaipur palace into the same small family.
5 RAAS Hotels hotels in 1 country on the Luxury Hotels Atlas, each placed on the six LHA Tiers.
- Owned by brothers Nikhilendra and Dhananjaya Singh
- Worldwide: 5 properties, all in India; the public atlas files all five
- On the atlas: 2 Grand Luxury, 2 Core Luxury, 1 Accessible Luxury
History
RAAS Jodhpur brings historic sandstone buildings and newer wings together around a pool below Mehrangarh Fort. The Darikhana, once the haveli’s guesthouse, became a dining room, while the nineteenth-century Baradari retained its role as a place to entertain. Local artisans restored the stone with lime mortar, connecting the hotel’s new life to the original craft.
Timeline
- 1760 — The Delwara fort palace that becomes RAAS Devigarh is completed for Rajrana Sajja Singh II.
- 1729 — Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II builds the Jaipur palace that becomes Rajmahal as a garden retreat for his wife.
- 2009 — RAAS Jodhpur opens around an 18th-century haveli in the walled Old City, facing Mehrangarh Fort.
- 2011 — RAAS Chhatrasagar opens: 16 canvas suites on the Chhatra Sagar dam at Nimaj, designed by Studio Lotus.
- 2015 — The palace hotel that opened in 1999 as Devi Garh is rebranded RAAS Devigarh.
- 2021 — RAAS reopens Rajmahal Palace on 1 July, ending its chapter as SUJAN Rajmahal Palace. Thirteen suites.
- 2022 — AHEAD Asia awards Chhatrasagar in Lodges, Cabins & Tented Camps.
- 2025 — RAAS Devanya opens in the Kumaon Himalayas: Villa in the Woods, a four-bedroom house by Studio Lotus. Devigarh receives a Michelin One Key, and so does Rajmahal Palace.
The houses to know
- Rajmahal Palace RAAS, Jaipur, India — Thirteen suites in a 1729 garden palace, reopened by RAAS on 1 July 2021, with a Michelin One Key.
- RAAS Devigarh, Udaipur, India — A 1760 marble fort of 39 suites above the Delwara hill, a hotel since 1999 and a RAAS house since 2015.
- RAAS Chhatrasagar, Nimaj, India — Sixteen Studio Lotus tents on a century-old stone dam, looking over a private lake.
- RAAS Jodhpur, Jodhpur, India — The 2009 original: an 18th-century haveli in the walled city, 39 rooms looking at Mehrangarh.
- RAAS Devanya (Kumaon), Kumaon, India — A four-bedroom 2025 villa on stilts in the Kumaon hills, half orchard and half forest.
Newest openings
- RAAS Devanya (Kumaon), Kumaon, India, opened in 2025. A four-bedroom homestay, Villa in the Woods, on a hill between Bhimtal and Mukteshwar. Studio Lotus designed it in Kumaoni koti-banal style, on stilts, in local timber and stone, with heated Himalayan slate floors. Architectural Digest wrote it up as a light-footprint house. The hill is split between more than twenty acres of fruit orchard and twenty acres of forest.
Opening next
- No further RAAS house, with a place and a year, is confirmed beyond Devanya.
Every RAAS Hotels hotel on the atlas
India
- RAAS Devigarh — Udaipur · Grand Luxury
- Rajmahal Palace RAAS — Jaipur · Grand Luxury
- RAAS Chhatrasagar — Nimaj · Core Luxury
- RAAS Jodhpur — Jodhpur · Core Luxury
- RAAS Devanya (Kumaon) — Kumaon · Accessible Luxury
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