City Palace, Udaipur - The capital of Mewar. This city was incidentally founded by Maharaja Uday singh..
View of Lake Palace from City palace..Lake palace is bang in the middle of lake Pichola. Lake palace is now a major international hotel..
Inside the city palace
Among the numerous intricate works inside city palace..
Royal chariot..still used by the present King during special occasions..
Steps to Jagdish Mandir, Udaipur
Fateh sagar lake, Udaipur
View of Fateh sagar lake from the Maharana Pratap Singh Memorial
Maharana Pratap with his trusted legendary horse - Chetak
Boating in Fateh sagar
The promenade and road beside the Fateh sagar lake
Fountain inside 275 year old 'Saheli-ki-wadi' garden, Udaipur..Its a natural fountain (no electricity)..designed such that water flows in from the upstream Fateh sagar lake naturally!
Further natural fountains inside..
Inside Haldi ghatti war memorial, Near Udaipur - It was at Haldi ghatti that the war between Maharana Pratap of Mewar and Emperor Akbar (represented by Akbar's lieutenant Man singh)..Seen here is Maharana Pratap on Chetak attacking Man singh..the mask of elephant's tusk on chetak was to confuse the enemy!Chetak lost his life in this war
Kumbalgarh Fort..60 kms from Haldi ghatti - another Mewar citadel
Rajasthan has the highest number of foreign tourists in India...
Ranakpur Jain temple..40 km from Kumbalgarh fort
This temple has 1444 pillars..each one differently sculpted!..mind-boggling is the word on seeing the beautiful carvings inside..
Way back to Udaipur via Bhilwada - Udaipur - Allahabad National highway 76
The four laning was in progress in some stretches..
Lake palace at night
At gangour ghat in Lake Pichola..lake palace in background
Lake palace again..lost count of how many photos I have taken of this beauty! (warning - more to follow!)
Another view of lake Pichola
By-lanes of Udaipur
In front of city palace on the banks of Lake Pichola
Boating in Lake Pichola..in the background is an island - Jag mandir
Circling the lake palace
Guests ferried to the Lake palace (hotel)