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Wednesday, 20 August 2014

City of Lakes: Udaipur

Udaipur is one of the most beautiful historic city of Rajasthan. Udaipur is the historic capital of Mewar kingdom. This city is also known as ‘Venice of the East’. This city is also known for its history, culture and beautiful geography. There are several tourist place in Udaipur like City Palace, Lake Palace, Jag Mandir, Lake Pichola and many more places to visit.

Udaipur


Historical Overview

Udaipur was established by Maharana Udai Singh in 15th Century, as final capital of Mewar Kingdom, located near Banas river. Chittorgarh was formly capital of Mewar kingdom. Several famous kings of Mewar are known for their bravery like Maharana Kumbha, Maharana Pratap, Maharana Sanga and many more historic personalities relate to Mewar. The title of Maharana means great warrior. The descendants of Mewar hail themselves as the descendent of Sun, Suryavanshi.  Meera Bai, devotee of Lord Krishna also relate from Mewar.