Udaipur – Parting thoughts
I stayed in Udaipur for over a week. I spent the new year here. When I came in, I was bothered about the crowd and sleepy streets in the morning. After spending time both before new year and post new year, there is a heavy feeling while I leave the city. Nobody cares about me…
Food saga – Udaipur
I thoroughly enjoyed the food in Udaipur. It was the first place I stayed in Rajasthan for an extended period and I got to taste food from various places. Poha was one of the most staple breakfast items available everywhere. I have to say that the poha in almost all the places tasted very good.…
Old has its charm
While in Udaipur I did a LONG walk around old city. I also took a guide along with me to explain the places better rather than just seeing shops. It was like time travelling to the past as some of the streets and shops have stayed the way they were 100 years ago. Paneer, Rabdi,…
If you are a servant, be a King’s servant.
I took a walk randomly one evening in Udaipur. I actually liked walking around the city esp. Old city. I walked to this place called Saheliyon Ki Bari. It’s a garden built not for the queen but for the maids of the queen. The place was apparently designed by the king himself. King Rana Sangram…
A wall visible from space
I drove down to Kumbalgarh from Udaipur. The fort has the second longest wall in the world after The Great Wall of China and it’s also visible from space. First off the route was very beautiful.It had some streams and other lakes. It was a beautiful rural ride. The first thing you will notice is…
Dharohar folk dance
When I reached Udaipur, almost everyone in the hostel was talking about tickets to a program called Dharohar folk dance and how they had to wait for 3 days to get a ticket. It was conducted in a place called Bagore Ki Haveli. It was performed daily between 7pm to 8pm. I did not have…
Chetak
The first thing that comes to one’s mind when we say Chetak is the scooter Bajaj Chetak. In fact if you google Chetak, you will mostly see results for only Bajaj Chetak. Chetak was the name of the Stallion that Maharan Pratap rode. It is said to be one of his favourite horses and there…
Is this what bliss feels like?
I have never understood what bliss is. I had a feeling today which is hard to describe. May be that’s how bliss feels like. Let me try to explain. Basic level – You find doing something good and you feel happy about it. Eg. Painting, singing etc. Next level – You might find something amazing…
That’s a BIG palace
I have visited the Mysore palace which is supposedly big. But this Udaipur city palace is something else. I was just walking walking walking. The place is HUGE. It has 1300 rooms. I wonder how they managed to keep track of the number of rooms. It has two 5 star hotels inside it. It has…
One photo, multiple stories – The door
This is a OPMS series. And we will talk about a door in Chittorgarh fort. Story – 1: Chittorgarh has seven doors to provide enough protection to the fort. Even if the enemy enters one door, they need to put effort to get to the next one. Story – 2: This is the last of…
Real? No, wax
At Udaipur I visited a wax museum. I did not plan to go there. While I was randomly walking I saw the board and out of curiosity entered. Though short, it was worth the my first visit at wax a museum. All the figures were life size. Some figures did not look like their people…
Let’s cycle
I wanted to do some offbeat things in Udaipur apart from just visiting palaces and forts. So I decided to do a cycling trip. The trip was early in the morning and started just before sunrise. The first stop was at Fateh safar lake. The place around Fateh Sagar lake was very different from the…
Curious Khilji
Chittorgarh was once ruled by King Ratan Sing, a Rajput ruler. The Rani during that time was Rani Padmini. She is referred to as Rani Padmavati in the movie Padmavat. Allauddin Khilji had a battle with the Rajputs at Chittorgarh and won the battle and took over Chittorgarh. While the reasons for his invasion have…
Pay to see pricey hotels
There is a lake called the Pichola lake in Udaipur. I took a boat ride in the Pichola lake and this is what I saw. The Udaipur Palace is right on one side of the Pichola lake. It is Huge. It has 1300 rooms. There are two five star hotels inside the palace, the Kings…
One photo, multiple stories – Jauhar Kund
A single photo but there are multiple stories associated with the place. This is a place in the Chittorgarh fort. It is situated close to the Vijay Stambh (Victory tower) Story – 1: This place was a Jauhar Kund before. When a war is lost, all the women in the city will perform a mass…
Shyam and Mirabai
There is a temple called Khumba Shyam temple in Chittorgarh fort. Several aspects of the temple were different for me. This was originally an 8th century temple for Varaha (avatar of Vishnu) but after the Mughal invasion the temple and its idol had been destroyed. So Rana Khumba, a Rajput King rebuilt it when Chittorgarh…
One photo, multiple stories – Battle ground
I was visiting many historical places. A single spot has so many stories associated with it and so I thought I will write a series of posts which have a single image, but many different stories are associated with it. This is the battle ground in front of the Chittorgarh fort. Story – 1: A…
The new eve
Udaipur is a place where the Gujaratis, Rajasthanis, Mumbaikars, people from all over India and the globe come to celebrate new year eve. The city thrives on tourism and new year is a major event here. The place I am staying is the heart of all partying. A small area of about 300m radius is…
Strangers Sunrise
There is a place up a hill in Udaipur called the Karni Mata temple. The sunrise and probably also the sunset are very pretty from here. You can also get a view of the entire city and Pichola lake from there. The place is around 45 mins by walk from the place I stay. Udaipur…
Endless thoughts 