City Palace of Udaipur

Published on: 5th November, 2009

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General Information – Udaipur City Palace

Udaipur City Palace, the majestic white royal building towers itself on a hill surrounded by crenellated walls. The City Palace of Udaipur was completed in its present form by the contribution of many rulers. Started by Udai Singh, who later were so carefully planned and integrated with the original building that it is difficult to believe that the building was not conceived as a whole. The City Palace is situated along the shores of Lake Pichola.

Approach to the palace is through the ‘Hati Pol’ or the ‘Elephant Gate. The ‘Bara Pol’ or the ‘great gate’ leads to the First Court, which binds to Tripoli or the “door” triple “. Between the two gates are eight carved ‘toranas or arcs, which marks the spot where the rulers were weighed against gold or silver, the equivalent value of what was then distributed among the poor. Beyond Tripoli is the scene where the fighting took place elephants.

The road then leads to a series of courtyards, overlapping pavilions, terraces, corridors and hanging gardens, a harmonious profusion hard soft cream color describe.The Chhatri core ‘is tiled in blue with huge octagonal towers crowned with cupolas. The Sheesh Mahal has inlaid mirror work. The Krishna Vilas has a series of miniature paintings, which bear witness to the royal processions, festivals and the game of ‘chogan.

The Chitrashala Chini is famous for his paintings of Chinese and Dutch, the latter of which has the representation of biblical scenes like the flight into Egypt. Radha and Krishna stories are painted on the walls of the Bhim Vilas. The glass mosaic gallery, with colored glasses and fine portraits allow a panoramic view of the city below. The Mor Chowk has a brilliant mosaic of peacocks set in the walls showing the three seasons: summer, winter and monsoon. There are exquisite terrace gardens with fountains in the Amar Vilas.

There is also a museum in the fortress that houses the armor of the brave Maharana Pratap and the drums and bugles of Rana Sanga, another ruling Mewar

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