Udaipur City Palace
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Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Wed 24 Apr 2019 22:07
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Udaipur City
Palace
 Bimbling toward the public gate we knew that we were about to enter a humungous
area.
  The elephant a majestic figure of welcome and the anti-elephant spikes on the gate.
   Trigger
finger at the ready and passing the elephant
tug-of-war wall (outlawed in 1951), we passed cages used to trap tigers.
       We passed a lovely
gate, entered the Toran Pol and up to the
royal stables.
    The present ruler was in residence as
we saw the flag flying. His impressive horses, clearly well cared for are Hans Raj born on the 25th of October 2011, sire Raj Tilak,
dame Chandani. Nag Raj born on the 29th of January
2010, sire Tilak, dame Chandani. Raj Mukut born on
the 8th of Marsh 2005, sire Sultan, dame Rajeshwari and Ashwa Raj born on the 27th of July 2005, sire Sultan, dame
Raj Kirti.
   Through a beautiful doorway, up some steps to a
courtyard surrounded by a display of all things
war.
  We loved the fact that the war horses were dressed up to look like elephants from a
distance. On we went through more corridors, more
buildings......Udaipur's City Palace is an example of the splendour that
the rulers of Mewar enjoyed centuries ago, and it still appears to be just as
majestic. It is located on the eastern banks of Pichola Lake. The palace is a
fusion of Rajasthani, European, Chinese and Mughal architecture, making it one
of the most photographed places in the city. Built completely with marble and
granite, with features in glass, mirror, silver and murals. We soon found it to
be too massive to do justice to in a blog so here are our favourite
bits.
                                             Outside,
a tree so crowded with
bats some were roosting on
to the bare trunk – a first for us.
ALL IN ALL VAST, SPRAWLING
AND VERY GRAND
MASSIVE AND IN VERY GOOD
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