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View from Jag Mandir
A room with a view in the Palace
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On the roof of the pavillion that faces the lake on Jag Mandir island are several nice relaxing seats to sit in and take in the views of the lake, Lake Palace Hotel and the City Palace. Nice spot. Also, there are some floor seats in the pavillion below.
Built in 734 AD, Eklingi is the beautifully sculpted temple complex with 108 temples within its high walls. The temples are dedicated to Lord Shiva, the presiding deity of Mewar rulers. The walled complex encloses and elaborately pillared hall or ‘mandap’ under a large pyramidal roof and has four-faced image of Lord Shiva in black marble. The wonderful access that the temple has to the lake provides a place for ghats, or baths, used by the local villagers to clean their laundry and themselves. The surrounding dry hills of the Aravalli Range provide and lovely contrast reminiscent of my home in California.
I couldn't photograph all 1400 columns, but I wish I had had the time to do so. Each is so uniquely interesting, and would certainly occupy the interest of the Jain faithful for a lifetime. Symbolism is everywhere. The Chaturmukh Jain Temple of Rishabhadev or The Ranakpur Jain Temple, was reportedly constructed beginning in 1446, and took fifty years to complete. The building has some 40,000 square feet, and three floors. It is indeed a labyrinth of columns. There are several shrines nearby from which the main building can also be viewed through a frame of column detail.
jagmandir island built by maharaja karan singh in 1620. on this island emperor shah jahan staying here as a guest got a inspiration for building a taj mahal. during uprising in 1857 maharaja sarup singh shelterd europenas.
Eklingji is about a half-hour car ride outside Udaipur, to the north. The Hindu temple complex there is an important local religious spot, visited by pretty much every Hindu tourist as well as school groups, pilgrims, and a sprinkling of foreigners. The complex includes what seems like hundreds of small temples to various deities as well as a major temple to Shiva. When I was there, I observed a ceremony in which a VERY loud bell was rung for many, many minutes in the main temple while I was standing about ten feet away. If you run into this, cover your ears!
No photographs are permitted at Eklingji, so I've included this photo of representative carvings from another temple in the region.
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