Udaipur has a lot to offer to visitors – dazzling palaces, art and handicrafts, colourful people and vibrant bazaars. Squeezing it all into a short trip is not easy – but with Atulyam Tours, you can now have the pleasure of a customized tour, at your convenience!
What this tour is about: This is a walk through the Old City, undoubtedly Udaipur’s busiest marketplace. To get a real feel of Udaipur and its old world charm, take a heritage walk along its winding thoroughfares. Chock-a-bloc with beautiful marble palaces, ancient temples, bright and colourful havelis with facades of intricate jharokas, there is a temple at every turn and every house along the way has walls adorned with frescos in the miniature painting style of the region.
As you walk along the narrow crooked streets, you will realise just how popular Lake Pichola is with tourists. Every other building here proudly proclaiming its rooftop restaurant with a view of the lake. All the luxury hotels too, are built in and around this lake.
This walk will start from Gangaur Ghat, with its triple-arched Tripolia Gate stands as a magnificent piece of architecture. The most splendid sights you’ll see are the small structures and grandiose palaces on Lake Pichola’s islands. Each one more beautiful and with intriguing history to it.
You can see the washing sessions by women at the Ghat who find it the best time to catch up on gossip stories and a daily dose off reality show of life around them. Just walk across the havelis (mansions) of nobles, the most prominent being the Bagore ki Haveli.
This gracious 18th-century haveli, set on the water’s edge in the Gangaur Ghat area, was built by a Mewar prime minister and has since been carefully restored. There are 138 rooms set around courtyards, some arranged to evoke the period during which the house was inhabited, while others house cultural displays, including – intriguingly enough – the world’s biggest turban.
Just walk up to one of the most visited places in Udaipur - Jagdish Temple. The Temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu, the preserver of the Universe. This part of the Bazaar is full of small shops on both sides of the road selling Handicrafts.
Bringing the taste of India, the taste of soil of India! Nothing quite compare to drinking chai from one of these clay cups. Cradled in your hand a primitive cup and its warm dry rim on your lips, accompanied by an earthy smell and taste, it indeed strikes a rural chord deep down in our heart.
These Kullads are both, environment friendly and lot more hygienic than usual plastic or glass cups especially when you are having in a roadside shop.
After having your masala Chai, get ready to experience a very unique painting technique called Jal Sanjhi.
Bringing the taste of India, the taste of soil of India! Nothing quite compare to drinking chai from one of these clay cups. Cradled in your hand a primitive cup and its warm dry rim on your lips, accompanied by an earthy smell and taste, it indeed strikes a rural chord deep down in our heart.
A unique art form was discovered in Jaipur where the canvas is not cloth or paper, but sheer water. Sanjhi -- paintings that float on water -- are made as a tribute to Lord Krishna during this festive season. Over 200 years old, this rare art and has been kept alive by just one family in Udaipur, who have been practicing it for generations.
Duing our Jal Sanjhi painting demo, you will learn about this 'over' 200 years old art of painting which is a tribute to lord Krishna.
After this painting session, We continue our walk down the road towards the Clock Tower where you will see many interesting local shops selling different articles of day-to-day requirements. From Clock Tower we turn in to the Silver market, where you will see many shops selling Silver Jewellery and articles. Later we will enter in Mochiwara – which is a Shoe Bazar. This is again a very interesting market place where you can buy some of the typical embroided shoes called Jutties.
At the end of the road, you will enter the vegetable market square, Thisvegetable Market or Mandi is not a touristic part of Udaipur but here you will experience the regular life of the town. Just after entering in the market you will see many ladies sitting around bamboo baskets, which are used by the vegetable vendors to display the Fresh vegetables.
During your walk of this area, you will see the wholesale grain market, spice sellers, colourful local grocery shops, shops selling milk, cheese and milk products, tea shops, fruits, vegetables, local beauty products...the list is endless!
Every little shop presents interesting insights about life in this region of Rajasthan. Colourfully dressed men and women from adjoining rural areas flock to this market for their needs, so this walk also provides great opportunities for seeing different communities that make up the Mewar region.
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