City Palace at Udaipur

Starting our tour around Rajasthan

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January 25th 2010
Arrived in the warmth and the blue skies of Udaipur after leaving the foggy environment of Delhi. Udaipur has been described as a fairy-tale city with its marble palaces and lakes surrounded by a ring of hills. Experienced the delights of the city by visiting a Hindu temple (shoes off) where the congregation were in full swing with a rendering of verse and song. Then on to the glorious City Palace ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more