See Also: most beautiful fort palace of Rajasthan. A small Ganesh temple was also there in the corner of the Zanana courtyard. Rooms of the Zanana section has several paintings of elephants, crocodiles and camels to enhance its beauty. On further moving up we reached to Kumbha Palace, a building divided in two section as Mardana ( for men) and Zanana ( for Women). In the mid way there was a room, identified as the birthplace of Maharana Pratap, though it was locked. It is said that Rana Kumbha used to burn 50 Kg of Ghee and 100 Kg of Cotton daily to lit the Kumbhalgarh fort wall.
This fort wall would have been built so wide, may be to facilitate patrolling, for supplying of armors to multiple watch post and to keep an eye on outsider enemy. Amazing view of the Kumbhalgarh fort wall and few adjacent temples Some part of that ancient wall is still left intact. Height of this wall vary from 40 to 20 feet as per the topography of the region.Ģ400 year old Cyclopean wall of Rajgir (Bihar) was quite similar to this fort wall. This wall is 15-20 feet wide at the frontal side of Kumbhalgarh fort, while rest of wall is also 10 feet wide, so that 3 to 4 horse can move together. Getting a larger view of this winding wall was very satisfying, because it was the highlight of the Kumbhalgarh fort and I was there for it. Fort Palace at the top, look at the several gates on the winding pathĪs we were moving upward the view of surrounding hills and the great wall, was becoming more amazing. A zig-zag path with various gates was leading up to the top of hill. We could see the fort palace on the hill top, so moved straight towards that. But, this 35 Km long wall run up & down over the hilly terrain, so it was difficult to imagine the size of wall from a single spot.Īs we entered through the main fort gate, one temple ‘Laxmi Narayan mandir’ was on the left side.
I was very keen to see this Great wall of India. View of Kumbhalgarh Fort, its wall shares the same color theme with the hill Great wall of KumbhalgarhĪs I said, Kumbhalgarh fort is famous for its wall, which is largest in India and second largest in the World after China. This fort is built on the hilltop at an elevation of approx 3,600 feet but it was really difficult to figure it out from a distance, because fort wall create camouflage effect with Aravalli range. We got the first glimpse of Kumbhalgarh Fort, when we were just 2 km to reach. On returning back to Udaipur, I also visited site of Haldighati and museum dedicated to Maharana Pratap. I took a cab from Udaipur for whole day trip to visit the Great wall of Kumbhalgarh. Great history and grand structure of this fort, forced me to plan one day Kumbhalgarh trip from Udaipur. It is one of the most honored fort of Rajasthan, and UNESCO heritage site, under the category Hill fort of Rajasthan. In-spite of having interest in history and heritage sites, I was unaware of this very fact until, I watched a documentary on the Great wall of Kumbhalgarh fort. Have you ever heard about the largest wall of India? That sometime regarded as India’s own China Wall.
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