Saturday, March 14, 2009

Maratha Legacy to be sold for $20 Mn


The famous Pearl Carpet of Baroda is up for sale in Bahrain and is expected to fetch Rs. 100 Crs. This makes it the most expensive carpet in the world!
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3M Trivia – It was commissioned in 1860s by Maharaja Khanderao Gaikwad of Baroda for the tomb of Prophet Mohammed at Medina but did not gift it after his courtiers showed their displeasure!

1 comment:

  1. Great images, I saw them on RugRag.com you should link them to the post! Keep up the cool blog

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