Udaipur
is known as the ' City of Lakes'. The two
most scenic and famous lakes of the city
are Lake Pichola and Lake Fateh Sagar. Lake
Pichola is surrounded by hills, palaces,
temples, bathing ghats and has two island
palaces- Jag Niwas and Jag Mandir. Lake
Fateh sagar lies to north of Pichola and
was built by Maharana Jai Singh but it got
the name of Fateh Singh who rebuilt its
dam. Both the lakes are breathtakingly beautiful
and one can take a cruise on their waters.
The sunset over these lakes is a sight to
be cherished. |
The
city was founded in 1567 AD by Maharana
Udai Singh on the advice of a sage. Udaipur
was last of the numerous Mewar capitals.
It was in Udaipur that legendary Maharana
Pratap was born. He was obsessed with Chittaur
and the past glories of the Sisodia clan
possessed his mind. Maharana Pratap left
Udaipur to win back Chittaur from the Mughals.
But he failed in his attempts and Udaipur
remained the capital of Mewar till India
got her independence.The memory of the failure
of noble Pratap gives Udaipur its pervading
mood of nostalgic wistfulness.
