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5 min readThe Dawn Palace and the Magical Garden
The gardens of the Dawn Palace had been silent for ninety years. When Priyanka, a newly hired head gardener, first pushed open the wrought-iron gate, she found thousands of flowers in wild, untended bloom, but not a single sound—until she reached the two trees standing by the river. The purul tree and the champac tree seemed to bow toward her, and from their branches came something between a soft sigh and a delicate whisper. It was the only sound in the entire estate.
A Garden Waiting to Be Restored
Priyanka had grown up in the West Bengal city of Aura, always drawn to the plants that grew naturally along the Hooghly River. When she saw an advertisement from the sole living heir of an abandoned manor—a lady in her nineties named Ruby—she applied immediately. After a long silence came an unusual reply: a handwritten letter inviting her to begin work. On her first morning, Priyanka found the estate unlocked and empty, its gardens overgrown but magnificent, filled with local flora that her own family had always loved: night jasmine, pink lotus, black narcissus, and the majestic banyan tree.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (04:26) **Priyanka's New Role** - Priyanka, a lifelong lover of plants, has been hired as head gardener at the Dawn Palace, an abandoned estate in West Bengal.
- 2 (09:33) **Entering the Forgotten Garden** - Priyanka enters the unlocked gate and is immediately overwhelmed by the wild, silent beauty of the overgrown garden.
- 3 (12:34) **The Whispering Trees** - Priyanka discovers two trees, a Pyrul and a Champac, that seem to bow and whisper to her near the riverbank.
- 4 (14:11) **Meeting Ruby** - Priyanka meets the elderly Ruby, the lady of the manor, and they begin a walk through the gardens.
- 5 (17:49) **Ruby's Memories of a Lost Era** - Ruby recounts the joyous festivals and daily rituals of the Dawn Palace ninety years ago, when she was a child.
- 6 (22:01) **The Dreamlike Manor** - Ruby leads Priyanka inside the Dawn Palace, which is filled with breathtaking, jewel-encrusted statues and opulent rooms.
- 7 (25:29) **The Curse of Envy** - Ruby reveals the story of the curse: an envious neighbor turned all the festival guests to stone, with a seemingly impossible condition for reversal.
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Show Notes
Narrator: Chloe De Burgh 🇬🇧
Writer: Mersiha Bruncevic ✍️
Sound effects: calm birdsong, crickets 🐦 🌾
Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll visit a palace in India with Priyanka and Ruby. They'll share in the mysterious past and enchanted present of a place like no other. 😴
Includes mentions of: Fairytale, Fantastical Elements, Magic, Religious Traditions, Family.
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