5:56 AM | Author: Rajasthan Travels Pvt. Ltd
420 km from Jaipur on Jaipur-Mumbai highway also called "City of Lakes" was founded by Maharana Udai Sigh II in 1568. Also called "Venice of East" is famous for lakes, palaces (Lake Palace Hotel), city palace, puppet museum, miniature paintings, and temples (Nathadwara 50 km and Eklangji 20 km from Udaipur).Udaipur is the jewel of Mewar kingdom ruled by the Sisodia dynasty for 1200 Years.

Places to see
Udaipur is famous for City Palaces, Saheliyon-ki-Bari, The Suraj Gokhada, Pratap Memorial and many more.

The best time to visit Udaipur is during March-April. This is the time Mewar festival of Udaipur takes place.

Hot Attractions

Mewar Festival
The festival of Gangaur is very significant for women of Rajasthan.A festival to welcome the spring season.

There is song, dance, processions, devotional music and fireworks where almost everybody participatee. If you like kite flying, you should be here.

Mewar Culture
Once the religious part of the festival is over, it is time for cultural events where Rajasthani culture is portrayed through songs, dances and other programmes.

The festival culminates with an impressive fireworks display.

Gangaur Fair
A celebration of monsoon, harvest and marital fidelity, the festival is mostly celebrated by both married and unmarried women.

Since Gauri is considered as the embodiment of perfection and conjugal love, unmarried women worship her to be blessed with good husbands, while married women do so for the welfare of their husbands and a long, happy married life

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6 comments:

On December 28, 2010 8:47 PM , Travel Corporation India said...

Udaipur is proud of its heritage for performing arts, music, painting and local crafts. Just North of the city one finds lots of places, where Indians querry marble. You find many Art Schools with miniature painters, wood carvers, furniture makers etc. Rajasthan tours and travel packages.

 
On February 15, 2011 12:47 AM , India Tours said...

Udaipur is the most beautiful place. I have spent 2 months there and I must tell that it is blessed with precious nature beauty.

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On February 15, 2011 1:04 AM , Rajasthan Tours said...

Simply awesome. I have attended mewar festival on may last tour. I had great fun over there. I love the place and people.

 
On February 16, 2011 5:29 AM , France Schengen Visa said...

Visited the city during the month of March last year. It fabulous city with lost of eye pleasing places. I love every corner of it.

 
On March 17, 2011 1:45 AM , article rooms said...

Thank you for sharing this very interesting post.

 
On May 4, 2011 2:29 AM , National Parks of India said...

Udaipur is really a city where you can see culture, desert and forts etc.