A 240-feet long wardrobe, containing 130 cupboards, preserves the personal belongings of the sixth Nizam.

The beautiful structure, said to be world's largest continuous wardrobe system, is losing its mass appeal.

D Bhaskar Rao, the curator of palace-turned-museum where the wardrobe is placed, wishes to revitalise it all and make it the talk of the town.

According to Rao, the wardrobe, made of exquisite Burmese teak wood, has already come on the State tourist map, which could help in bringing in more visitors.

Mahbub Ali Khan Bahadur Fath Jang Mahbub Ali Khan was the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad. He ruled the erstwhile State of Hyderabad between 1869 and 1911.

Legend has it that Khan had a passion for various forms of attire, but he also had a strange quirk of never wearing a garment a second time.

"He was so fond of dressing that it was said whatever he used to wear once, he never used to wear it again. So, he had his own traditional dress and because that was the period of British influence, he used to wear long coats and things like that," said Rao.

Special compartments in the wardrobe have accessories such as various forms of headgear, perfumes and sandals. Costly artefacts made of gold and silver and a variety of handkerchiefs are also part of the collection.

A handful of visitors, however, claim that the wardrobe is bare. Some say that it contains only a couple of garments. (ANI)