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[[File:MacMurdo's Bungalow - Anjar.jpg|thumb|MacMurdo's Bungalow]]
'''MacMurdo's Bungalow''' is a [[bungalow]] in [[Anjar, India|Anjar]] town of [[Kutch district]], [[Gujarat]], India. It was built in 1818 by [[James MacMurdo]], the first political resident of [[British East India Company]] to [[Cutch State]] during his stay in Anjar.<ref name="Ward1998"/><ref name=gs/>

==Wall paintings==
MacMurdo was interested in local customs and language. He was impressed by local wall painting art. When he built the bungalow in Anjar, he invited local artists for wall paintings. The paintings has the themes from [[Ramayana]] such as war between Ram and Ravana, the burning of Lanka, Sita in Ashok Vatika. Other paintings are associated with [[Krishna]] such as raising of Govardhan Hill, Krishna and Gopi etc. There are also paintings of birds, plants, flowers. It is said that these paintings were created by Muslim artisans. The bungalow formerly served as the Deputy Collector Office. The bungalow is now State Protected Monument (S-GJ-46) due to these paintings but is now in neglected condition.<ref name="Megalithic2007">{{cite web | title=Warnu Dada Temple | website=Megalithic Portal Gallery | date=28 October 2007 | url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=a312&file=index&do=showpic&pid=61843 | accessdate=1 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="Ward1998">{{cite book|author=Ward|title=Gujarat–Daman–Diu: A Travel Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P7EHTBl_pyQC&pg=PA333|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Orient Longman Limited|isbn=978-81-250-1383-9|page=333}}</ref><ref name="Singhji1994">{{cite book|author=Virbhadra Singhji|title=The Rajputs of Saurashtra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NYK7ZSpPzkUC&pg=PA207|date=1 January 1994|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7154-546-9|page=207}}</ref><ref name=gs>{{cite web|url=http://www.gujaratsamachar.com/index.php/articles/display_article/anjar-rah-juve-che-21-mi-sadi-na-mac-murdoch-ni|title=અંજાર રાહ જુએ છે, ૨૧મી સદીના મેક મર્ડોની|language=gu|date=June 2016|accessdate=19 September 2016|website=[[Gujarat Samachar]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919182336/http://www.gujaratsamachar.com/index.php/articles/display_article/anjar-rah-juve-che-21-mi-sadi-na-mac-murdoch-ni|archive-date=19 September 2016}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery caption="Wall paintings" mode="packed">
File:MacMurdo's Bungalow Wall Painting - 2.jpg|Ramayana war
File:MacMurdo's Bungalow Wall Painting -1.jpg|Floral pattern
File:MacMurdo's Bungalow Wall Painting -3.jpg|Royal procession
File:MacMurdo's Bungalow Wall Painting 4.jpg|Two elephants
File:MacMurdo's Bungalow Wall Painting 5.jpg|Floral pattern
File:MacMurdo's Bungalow Wall Painting 6.jpg|People, peacocks and flowers
</gallery>

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[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1818]]
[[Category:History of Kutch]]

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->KartikMistry at 05:56, 20 December 2018