There is a saying about the Chittaurgarh Fort
"Taalon me Taal Nainital..Baaki sab Talaiyya
Raja me Raja Bhoj..Baaki sab Rajaiyya
Rani me Rani Padmini(or Padmavati !!)..Baaki sab Ranaiyya
Aur Garhon me garh Chittaurgarh..Baaki sab Gadhaiyya"
Today i am going to verify,how true is the last line.
To reach at the top of the Chittorgarh Fort one have to cross through zigzag paths interrupted at intervals by seven huge gateways(pols). They are named as Padan Pol, Bhairon Pol, Hanuman Pol, Ganesh Pol, Jorla Pol, Lakshman Pol, and Ram Pol.
One of the gateway
Reached at the top,got a guide for 100 Rs and a nominal 10 rs entry fees.
Chittorgarh is Grandest fort in Rajasthan and largest in India having peripheral length of 13 KM.
Rajput Kings who ruled this fort were the real Suryavanshi's,who laid down their life fighting a superior enemy instead of leading a life of submission.
This fort have been through three major SIEGES.
One by Ala Udin Khiji of Delhi,Second by Bahadur Shah of Gujarat and third by Akbar.In all three times thousands of women commited self-immolation,which is also called as Jauhar.
Mirabai Temple
Other than the ruins in the fort,main attraction of this place are
Vijay Stambh
Kirti Stambh
Gaumukh
Bhimtal Tank
Bhimtal Tank
Sammidheshwara Temple
Another Entrance of the fort
Vijay Stambh - This tower was built by Rana Kumbha,in remembarance of his victory over Mahmud Khilji of Malwa.It took 10 years to build this tower.Its a eight story structure.One can go till the 7th floor using the stairs,but the stairs to reach the 8th floor has been broken down.Because one firang commited suicide from the 8th floor. :D :D
Kirti Stabh - Its a Seven story structure.It is dedicated to the first Jain spiritual teacher,Shri Adinath.One can go till the top of this structure as well,but the entrance and the stairway is very narrow.
jain temple
Kirti Stambha
Gaumukh - This was the main source of water during the main sieges.
See the water stream in the left..
Gaumukh Resevior
Kumbha Shyam Temple
Feeding a Langoor
Rana Kumbha Palace
Padmini's palace
The first siege to this palace was because of the beauty of Rani Padmini.Damn,was she that beautiful !!.
Sultan Ala-ud-din Khilji, the ruler of Delhi, came to know about Padmini's beauty, he requested Rana Rattan Singh (Padmini's husband) to allow him to have a glimpse of the queen. Sultan permitted Khilji to see only the reflection of the queen in a water tank that too coming from reflection of series of mirrors which was located in another palace.Damn good set up it was.Ala-ud-din got Crazy-Mad after seeing Padmini's beauty and he attacked Chittor in order to possess her. This became the cause of first bitter and bloody siege of the Chittorgarh fort and the subsequent mass self-immolation(Jauhar)
Set-up for Rani Padmini darshan
Khilji will be seeing the image build up in the water into this mirror..
And rani will be sitting on the stairs there.though there was no water around the mahal at that time.
However if khijli had turned to see the rani directly..then stairs are not visible from that place..you have to go to the window to see it directly.
Rooms for Daasi's
Padmini Palace
Some fort on the way to Padmini palace
I roamed all over the fort campus for 3 hours and i was very much touched with beauty of the fort,brave stories of the Rajput kings and Rajput janata.I salute all those brave mens and womens from all my heart.
I moved back to Hotel,collected my stuff and started for jaisalmer.In between got a call from an consultant for an opening in IBM.I asked him to schedule my technical round tomorrow after 3 PM :D :D.
Continued on the 4 lane highway,just 120 (approx) before jaipur there is exit for ajmer.
Few kms before Ajmer
Reached Ajmer in the afternoon.Plan was to pay a visit in Ajmer Dargah Sharif.Dargah Sharif is the burial ground of the Sufi saint Khwaja Moin-Ud-Din Chisti.after little bit of enquiring i was in very thin lanes of Ajmer city.I doubted that,whether i am going on the correct route or not.Finally met two fellows in activa who were going on the same direction.So they asked me to follow them.With all my luggage (Tank bag-Saddle bag) i was cutting and moving ahead on my R15 on those very thin lanes.And then we made it to Dargah.I coudn't blv,how inside the Dargah is and one have to cross those confusing narrow lanes to reach till there.Parked my bike,purchased a chadar,did the darshan and started for Puskhar
In between met a paaji who gave comment seeing all my gears "Apne toh angrejon ko bhi peeche chode dia".Pushkar is quite close from Ajmer around 13 - 15 Kms.
Went to the famous Bramha temple,there are very few temples of Bramha and this is one of them.though Bramha is Creator of Universe,but he is not prayed and worshiped very uch.As far as i know he was cursed by some very Known and powerful Saint and due to that only he is not worshipped at all :(
Camera not allowed inside.
Later i went to Pushkar lake,though it did not had much water.Lake is surrounded by 52 ghats.These ghats are of different different kings of the surrounding regions.In the time of Pushkar Mela,these kings pay a visit to Pushkar lake to have a dip in this sacred lake.
I didn't missed the chance to take a dip :D...Also did some poojan for Poorvaj Shanti etc...with the help of a local Pandit :D
It was time to move ahead,the route i had to take was..Merta - Nagaur - Phalodi - Jaisalmer.Some peoples suggested to visit Meera Bai's temple in Merta.Which is birth place of Meera Bai.I gave a quick visit to the temple as it was getting dark.
I reached Nagaur around 9 o clock in the night.Couldn't find an decent accomodation so moved ahead for Phalodi,which was another 170 Kms (approx).Damn those 170 kms were nightmare for me.initial 20 Kms were good but then..rest of the 150 Kms all the road was covered with thick layer of sand.
No sign of any kind of living creatures-human beings.Got very scared when saw some animal skulls right on the road,i just ran from there with full throttle :D :D :D.I made it to Phalodi at 2 AM.Saw one dhaba with Khatiyas,had an maaza and crashed into the Khatiya.
Cheers
Biru
"Taalon me Taal Nainital..Baaki sab Talaiyya
Raja me Raja Bhoj..Baaki sab Rajaiyya
Rani me Rani Padmini(or Padmavati !!)..Baaki sab Ranaiyya
Aur Garhon me garh Chittaurgarh..Baaki sab Gadhaiyya"
Today i am going to verify,how true is the last line.
To reach at the top of the Chittorgarh Fort one have to cross through zigzag paths interrupted at intervals by seven huge gateways(pols). They are named as Padan Pol, Bhairon Pol, Hanuman Pol, Ganesh Pol, Jorla Pol, Lakshman Pol, and Ram Pol.
One of the gateway
Reached at the top,got a guide for 100 Rs and a nominal 10 rs entry fees.
Chittorgarh is Grandest fort in Rajasthan and largest in India having peripheral length of 13 KM.
Rajput Kings who ruled this fort were the real Suryavanshi's,who laid down their life fighting a superior enemy instead of leading a life of submission.
This fort have been through three major SIEGES.
One by Ala Udin Khiji of Delhi,Second by Bahadur Shah of Gujarat and third by Akbar.In all three times thousands of women commited self-immolation,which is also called as Jauhar.
Mirabai Temple
Vijay Stambh
Kirti Stambh
Gaumukh
Bhimtal Tank
Bhimtal Tank
Sammidheshwara Temple
Another Entrance of the fort
Vijay Stambh - This tower was built by Rana Kumbha,in remembarance of his victory over Mahmud Khilji of Malwa.It took 10 years to build this tower.Its a eight story structure.One can go till the 7th floor using the stairs,but the stairs to reach the 8th floor has been broken down.Because one firang commited suicide from the 8th floor. :D :D
Kirti Stabh - Its a Seven story structure.It is dedicated to the first Jain spiritual teacher,Shri Adinath.One can go till the top of this structure as well,but the entrance and the stairway is very narrow.
jain temple
Kirti Stambha
Gaumukh - This was the main source of water during the main sieges.
See the water stream in the left..
Gaumukh Resevior
Kumbha Shyam Temple
Feeding a Langoor
Rana Kumbha Palace
Padmini's palace
The first siege to this palace was because of the beauty of Rani Padmini.Damn,was she that beautiful !!.
Sultan Ala-ud-din Khilji, the ruler of Delhi, came to know about Padmini's beauty, he requested Rana Rattan Singh (Padmini's husband) to allow him to have a glimpse of the queen. Sultan permitted Khilji to see only the reflection of the queen in a water tank that too coming from reflection of series of mirrors which was located in another palace.Damn good set up it was.Ala-ud-din got Crazy-Mad after seeing Padmini's beauty and he attacked Chittor in order to possess her. This became the cause of first bitter and bloody siege of the Chittorgarh fort and the subsequent mass self-immolation(Jauhar)
Set-up for Rani Padmini darshan
Khilji will be seeing the image build up in the water into this mirror..
And rani will be sitting on the stairs there.though there was no water around the mahal at that time.
However if khijli had turned to see the rani directly..then stairs are not visible from that place..you have to go to the window to see it directly.
Rooms for Daasi's
Padmini Palace
Some fort on the way to Padmini palace
I roamed all over the fort campus for 3 hours and i was very much touched with beauty of the fort,brave stories of the Rajput kings and Rajput janata.I salute all those brave mens and womens from all my heart.
I moved back to Hotel,collected my stuff and started for jaisalmer.In between got a call from an consultant for an opening in IBM.I asked him to schedule my technical round tomorrow after 3 PM :D :D.
Continued on the 4 lane highway,just 120 (approx) before jaipur there is exit for ajmer.
Few kms before Ajmer
Reached Ajmer in the afternoon.Plan was to pay a visit in Ajmer Dargah Sharif.Dargah Sharif is the burial ground of the Sufi saint Khwaja Moin-Ud-Din Chisti.after little bit of enquiring i was in very thin lanes of Ajmer city.I doubted that,whether i am going on the correct route or not.Finally met two fellows in activa who were going on the same direction.So they asked me to follow them.With all my luggage (Tank bag-Saddle bag) i was cutting and moving ahead on my R15 on those very thin lanes.And then we made it to Dargah.I coudn't blv,how inside the Dargah is and one have to cross those confusing narrow lanes to reach till there.Parked my bike,purchased a chadar,did the darshan and started for Puskhar
In between met a paaji who gave comment seeing all my gears "Apne toh angrejon ko bhi peeche chode dia".Pushkar is quite close from Ajmer around 13 - 15 Kms.
Went to the famous Bramha temple,there are very few temples of Bramha and this is one of them.though Bramha is Creator of Universe,but he is not prayed and worshiped very uch.As far as i know he was cursed by some very Known and powerful Saint and due to that only he is not worshipped at all :(
Camera not allowed inside.
Later i went to Pushkar lake,though it did not had much water.Lake is surrounded by 52 ghats.These ghats are of different different kings of the surrounding regions.In the time of Pushkar Mela,these kings pay a visit to Pushkar lake to have a dip in this sacred lake.
I didn't missed the chance to take a dip :D...Also did some poojan for Poorvaj Shanti etc...with the help of a local Pandit :D
It was time to move ahead,the route i had to take was..Merta - Nagaur - Phalodi - Jaisalmer.Some peoples suggested to visit Meera Bai's temple in Merta.Which is birth place of Meera Bai.I gave a quick visit to the temple as it was getting dark.
I reached Nagaur around 9 o clock in the night.Couldn't find an decent accomodation so moved ahead for Phalodi,which was another 170 Kms (approx).Damn those 170 kms were nightmare for me.initial 20 Kms were good but then..rest of the 150 Kms all the road was covered with thick layer of sand.
Cheers
Biru
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