9-year-old Jaipur prince becomes Maharaja of Sirmaur – India Today

May 20, 2013

According to India Today:

Though the old feudal order has become a thing of the past, the former royalties still like to follow certain traditions like anointment of heads and titular heads of erstwhile princely states.

In line with tradition, the nine-year-old younger prince of Jaipur, Rajkumar Lakshya Raj Singh is now the titular Maharaja of Sirmaur, an erstwhile princely state located in the hills of southern Himachal Pradesh.

At the elegant Nahan Palace, the Raj Tilak (coronation) of the younger prince of Jaipur was held on Wednesday morning reviving the memory of old regal splendour.

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