Across the state, these beautiful homes in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Alwar, and beyond, hark back to a time gone by.

Across three years, more than 50 craftspeople gradually revived a dream. Might restoring an ancestral home in a small Shekhawati town, where most havelis are in disrepair, be an unprecedented act of love?

From a 138-year-old home in Hyderabad, where artist Raja Ravi Varma once stayed, to a lawyer’s charming Art Deco home in Mumbai, these Indian homes are suspended in time.