Udaipur City Palace

Udaipur City Palace

Udaipur City Palace is one of the architectural marvels of Rajasthan, located peacefully on the banks of Lake Pichola. This majestic City Palace is the most-visited tourist attraction of Udaipur and often distinguished as the largest palace complex in Rajasthan. Initially, Maharana Udai Singh built this superb wonder, but the present form of the Palace is the result of subsequent additions by his successors.

 

City Palace is favorite among the tourists to spend their vacation at the breathtaking view of Lake Pichola from the top of the city palace is the most favorite attraction for any outsider. The construction of the city palace had begun during the reign of Maharana Udai Singh, which was later completed by his predecessors. While visiting the palace you will enter it through 'elephant gate' or 'Hathi Pol'. 

Historical legend narrated to the selection of the site for the palace is about a hermit meeting Maharana Udai Singh when he was on a hunting trail in the Udaipur hills. The Maharana met the hermit who was meditating on top of a hill above the Pichola Lake and sought the hermit’s blessings. The hermit advised the Maharana to build his palace at that very spot and that is where the palace complex came to be established at Udaipur