MEWAR CIRCUIT

Udaipur - Kumbhalgarh - Nathdwara - Chittaurgarh
Rajasthan's Mewar region encompasses dramatic hills, shimmering lakes, deep valleys and much more. It is a land rich in royal heritage, with romantic water places, historic hilltop forts and beautiful gardens.

Sightseeing- Udaipur is the jewel of Mewar - a kingdom ruled by the sisodia dynastyfor 1200 years. The foundation of the city has an interesting legend associated with it. According to it, Maharana Udai Singh, the founder, was hunting one day when he met a holy man meditating on a hill overlooking the LAke Pichhola. The hermit blessed the Maharana and advised him to build a palace at this favourably located sport with a fertile valley watered by the stream, a lake, an agreeable altitude and an amplitheatre of low mountains. Maharana followed the advise of the hermit and founded the city in 1559 A.D.

The City Palace is the focal point of the city and has several areas of interest like the Suraj Gokhada, Badi Mahal, Sheesh Mahal, Bhim Vilas, Chini Chitrashala, Mor Chowk, The Zenana Mahal, Fateh Prakash and Darbar Hall. The 18th century Sahelion ki Bari, or the Garden of Maidens, is a popular tourist spot with its fountains and delicately carved kiosks and elephants in marble. Udaipur has other attractions like the Gulab Bagh, Doodh Talai, Jag Mandir, Moti Magri, Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal, Ahad and the Sajjangarh Palace.

Nathdwara is a renowned centre of pilgrimage for the devotees of Krishna and Vishnu a like. It is a town devoted totally to the Shrinathji temple and all activities in this little town revolve around the famous temple of Shrinathji.

Chittaurgarh - countless tales of this rugged fort and the battles fought here by its legendary heroes fill the pages of history books and its varous palaces and the temples do look out for rani Padmini's palace.

Travel to the west of Chittaugarh to reach the second most important bastion of Mewar - Kumbhalgarh covering an area of 12 sq. km this formidable fort