Udaipur

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Udaipur ( Hindi: उदयपुर, Udayapur ) is a city in northwestern India in the south of the state of Rajasthan, with around 450,000 inhabitants ( 2011 census ).

History

Udaipur was the capital of the kingdom of Mewar. Before Udaipur Chittorgarh was the capital. In 1568 the Mughal emperor Akbar Chittorgarh and the then ruler of Mewar, Rana Udai Singh II conquered, moved the capital to Udaipur. After the independence of India Mewar was integrated into the state of Rajasthan.

Economy

Udaipur is the economic and cultural center of the to the integration into the Indian Union in 1948, relatively politically independent region of Mewar and is today a major tourist center dar. In Udaipur Udaipur Solar Observatory is the.

Through a national commercial airport ( Maharana Pratap Airport ) Udaipur is connected via New Delhi and Mumbai to the international air traffic network.

Attractions

Several lakes, particularly Lake Pichhola ( Pichhola Jhil ), located near the city center. The great Maharaja Palace, reigned in the Maharana of Mewar until 1956, is now used as a museum and a hotel. Below the palace entrance is the Jagdish Temple. Udaipur, in particular the " Lake Palace Hotel ", situated in the Pichhola Lake, was the location for Fritz Lang's films The Tiger of Eschnapur and The Indian Tomb (both 1958/59 ) and parts of the James Bond film Octopussy with Roger Moore.

City Palace Museum

The City Palace was the residence of Maharana. This complex is the " City Palace Museum " is located. Both are located on a hill on the southern shore of Lake Pichhola. In the area of the palace is the " Shiv Niwas Palace Hotel ," which supplies the restaurant in the atrium of the museum with Indian dishes.

The " City Palace Museum " in the main shows three groups of exhibits.

• Institutions from the time, as this was part of the palace still inhabited, some with figurative representations of actual residents.
• Paintings or reproductions thereof, which represent significant events in the history of the Maharana of Udaipur.
• Hindu motifs, partly as paintings, partly as a temple niches; to the architecture of the palace itself with the representations of non-religious symbols.

Atrial City Palace Museum

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Ganesha niche at the entrance

Mural painting: Krishna in his appearance Srinath from Nathdwara

Battle of Haldi Ghati

Saheliyon Ki Bari

The " Garden of the Virgin ", adjacent to the Lake Fateh ( Fateh Sagar ) in Udaipur, is thus north of the city palace and was built in 18th century by Maharana Sangram Singh for the royal ladies. The story told, the garden was designed by the Maharana himself as a gift to the Queen, and for use by their 48 ladies.

In the garden are also numerous fountains in four pools that are fed from a reservoir, which has been imported along with the fountain from England. This also means that attention is paid to water conservation and times the fountains are opened against a mite leads. Also noteworthy are elephant made ​​of marble, and four kiosks, which are topped by water -breathing birds, creating the illusion of falling rain is to be generated, which were built by Maharana Bhopal Singh later.

On the property there is a small museum showing mainly furnishings from the royal household, as well as a section with simple technical experiments for the formation of the visitors.

Bagore Ki Haveli

Courtyard with staircase to the exhibition.

Bagore ki Haveli is a formerly -used by the royal family palace ( haveli ), which now serves as a museum and as a performance venue for dance and puppet shows. The exhibits of the museum are mainly household and decorative items of the former stately residents as well as painting in Mewar style.