City Palace - Ticket details
by Willettsworld
The City Palace has a whole host of different types of tickets available for entrance, boat rides and other packages. Note the price for taking in a camera! I've listed them below just in case you can't read them from the photo:
1. City Palace Complex entrance ticket (excludes museum, used to get to jetty for lake boat trip) - Rs25
2. Package (City Palace Museum & soft drink with crystal touch plus boat ride & another soft drink with crystal touch) - Rs570
3. City Palace Museum - Rs50
4. All types of cameras - Rs200(!)
5. Soft drink with a crystal touch - Rs300 (whatever this is)
6. Boat ride (one hour including visit of Jagmandir island palace) - Rs250
7. Boat cruise (half an hour lake safari) - Rs130
8. Soft drink with a vintage touch (at garden hotel) - Rs100
9. Veg Thali & soft drink with a crystal touch (at garden hotel) - Rs130
10. Lunch/dinner coupon - veg thali at Garden Hotel restaurant - Rs60
11. Charter boat upto 7 people - Rs2000, 8-12 people - Rs3000, 13-18 people - Rs4500
12. The Mewar sound & light show at the Manek Chowk Hathnal-ki-Chandni - Rs300
13. As above at the Manek Chowk - Rs125.
Holi
by keeweechic
The festival of Holi is the Indian festival of Spring and is celebrated in March. Prayers, rituals, dances and songs welcome in the new season. The current head of the House of Mewar, Shri Arvind Singh Mewar holds a ceremony of Holika Dahan (the lighting of the pious fire) at Manek Chowk in the City Palace. Visitors and guests who are invited, observe the ceremonies and then follow on with drinks and dinner at the Zenana Mahal.
Exterior Details of Nagda Temples
by atufft
The exterior chiseled work at Nagda is abundant and though worn generally outstanding. The Sas-Bahu Temple does have an entrance but most of the other temples stand isolated and unencumbered by tourists.
City Palace Complex
by RAJASTHANBYCAR
Largest City Palace in Rajasthan Standing on the bank of lake Pichola are massive series of palaces built at different time commencing from 1559 A.D. The balconies of the palace provide panoramic view of "Jag Niwas" (Now world wide famous Lake palace hotel), Jag Mandir on one side and on the other the city of Udaipur.
It's main entrance is through the triple-arched gate-The tripolia, built in 1725. The way now leads to a series of courtyards, overlapping parations, terraces, corridors and gardens - a harmonic profusion hard to describe.There is a Suraj Gokhda, where the maharanas of Mewar presented themselves in the times of trouble to the people to restore confidence. The Mor-chowk (Peacock courtyard), get its name from the vivid mosaics in glass decorate its walls. The chini chitrashala is noteworthy while a series of wall paintings of Krishna are on display in Bhim Vilas.
There are numerous other palaces Dilkhush mahal, Sheesh mahal, Moti mahal and Krishna vilas- in memory of princess of striking beauty who poisoned herself to avert bloody battle for her hand by rival princess.
Now the palace is housed with many antique articles, paintings, decorative furniture and utensils which attracts thousands of visitors every day.
Open 9.30 AM to 4.30 PM
Entrance Fee Rs 50 and Rs 200 for all kind Cameras.
Jagdish Mandir
by RAJASTHANBYCAR
Built by Maharana Jagat Singh in 1651 on the rock above the busy crossing of jagdish Chowk on route to the city palace.The temple enshrines a black stone image of Lard Vishnu. It is the largest and most splendid temple in the city.There is a brass image of Garuda the Lord bird carrier. The exterior and the plinth are covered with various figures of base relief of alligators, elephants, horsemen and celestial musicians rise in tiers. Chanting, bells and music can be heard throughout the day.
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