Jaipur Gate In Gardens Of No 19

This is a naqqakhana, or drum platform, built in 1886 in Shekhawati, Rajasthan, India, for the Maharajah of Jaipur. It was originally constructed for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in South Kensington in 1886. The structure was relocated to the gardens of No 19, New Church Road, Hove in 1926, and presented to the Town Corporation by the Imperial Institute upon the opening of the adjoining Museum and Art Gallery.

The naqqakhana is a wooden construction of Bombay teak, set on a concrete plinth, and topped with a painted metal dome. It features a 2 1/2-bay loggia with a pierced balustrade, surmounted by a central cupola or chatri, though the upper platform is not accessible. The entire surface is covered in floral and geometrical carving, with inscriptions in English, Latin, and Sanskrit on the entablature. The west front reads "Where there is truth - is victory," and the east front reads "From the East comes light." The eaves are deep and overhanging, with a carved soffit. The naqqakhana is a wooden reproduction of drum platforms typically built in Northern India from marble or sandstone, used to sound drumrolls in honour of rulers or deities.