CHITTORGARH- the ruins of a rich by gone era..

 At the enterance of Chittorgarh Fort.....

 View of Rani Padmi's place..............

 The view of Battle field of HALDIGATTI  ,from the walls of Chittorgarh fort...

 The Jain temple at Chittorgarh fort..............

 
 The VICTORY TOWER.....

 MEERA BAI'S TEMPLE .............

NH-74.... to Chittorgarh from Udaipur....

CHITTORGARH-- the name itself fascinates people who read about its rich past history several times in our school history books. A person being at UDAIPUR ,it never can be that someone skip a visit to Chittorgarh. CHITTORGARH is a2 hrs drive from Udaipur.After crossing the airport limit of Udaipur,we took NH-74,which is a beautiful smooth road.....The drive was amazing with sun playing with the clouds & desert turning green after the rains.There's now an uphill drive upto the CHITTORGARH FORT, which is now almost a ruin of Rana Pratap Singh's reign.We visited Rani Padmini's mahal inbetween a small waterbody....then a jain temple which had a lovely architecture & the Victory Tower....The artwork carved out on the walls of victory tower is amazing.... but climbing to the top of the tower was not my cup of tea ,so i left that onto my hubby to capture the views from the top of the tower, on our camcorder ; a easy way out for me to enjoy the beauty of the surroundings............. Next it's the MEERA BAI's Temple & the Mahal she stayed with herhusband .....There's a Museum too but remains closed on Mondays..... It was a great feeling ,standing on the walls of the fort & viewing the battle field of Haldigatti ... it might had been a hush terrain than ,but now its totally green & the lovely  GOLDEN CORIDOR road passes by;  Though , it had been exciting to read about the place in history books but not that exciting when one happens to be here ..............