Chittorgarh is legendary for its legendary fort, which confronted many battles and withstood many sieges. As we speak, it’s a sprawling 700-acre UNESCO-protected monument – a dwelling testomony to Rajput valor, sacrifice, and architectural brilliance.
Chittor is a pleasant day journey from Udaipur, which takes roughly 2 hours every method. The fort itself will most likely take one other couple of hours. Visiting earlier within the day is beneficial because it will get extremely popular. However meaning, if you wish to watch the sunshine and present, you haven’t any alternative however to hold across the city (the place there isn’t a lot to see) the entire day. You possibly can resolve to buy, however Udaipur is a much better procuring vacation spot.
After some dialogue, we determined to just do the day tour and skip the sunshine and sound present, which I feel is okay. I typically discover mild and sound shows fairly bombastic and never definitely worth the time.
The fort is positioned on the prime of a small hill. It’s pretty near the city and never as remoted and ruggedly stunning as Kumbalgarh. Nonetheless, the views of town had been fairly good.
The fort’s partitions are huge, and the historical past behind all of the rooms is fascinating. Get a information to let you know all of the native legends. We had been humbled by the tales of Jauhar (self-immolation) and Saka (bloodbath) related to the fort. Although tragic, these acts of defiance towards invaders showcase the Rajput dedication to honor. Learn up on the story of Alauddin Khilji and Rani Padmini earlier than you go to – the guides will go into all of the story’s particulars and let you know wherein a part of the fort these incidents occurred.
The spotlight of the place was the gorgeous palace (rumored) of Rani Padmini. Situated a bit remoted from the primary advanced, the one strategy to it seems to be by means of an underground tunnel, which we weren’t allowed to go. Regardless of that, it was nonetheless beautiful to see from the skin.
And this final palace of Rani Padmini culminated our go to to Udaipur, Kumbalgarh, and Chittorgarh. We headed out to the airport to catch our flight again to Bangalore. It was a brief however action-packed three-day weekend full of palaces, forts, procuring, and tradition. General, a beautiful time!
