City Palace Udaipur: History of Architecture
City Palace Udaipur: History of Architecture
City Palace Udaipur: History of Architecture
CITY PALACE
UDAIPUR
GROUP -4 : YAKSHALI TEJANI
AASTHA KHURANA
DIVYA SOJITRA
SHIVANI KUMARI
JINAL KACCHADIA
ARCHITECTURE
The palace complex has been
built entirely in granite and
marble.
The interiors of the palace
complex with its balconies,
towers and cupolas exhibit
delicate mirror-work, marble-
work, murals, wall paintings,
silver-work, inlay-work and
leftover of colored glass. The
complex provides a view of
the lake and the Udaipur city
from its upper terraces.
STRUCTURE WITHIN ITS COMPLEX
GATEWAYS
AMAR VILAS
BADI MAHAL
BHIM VILAS
CHINI CHITRASHALA
CHOTI CHITRASHALA
DILKHUSHA MAHAL
DURBAR HALL
FATEPRAKASH PALACE
KRISHNA VILAS AND LAXMI VILAS CHOWK
MANAK MAHAL
MOR CHOWK
RANG BHAVAN
SHEESS MAHAL
MUSEUM
GATEWAYS
Gateways, colloquially called Pols, are set to the east of
Udaipur city. A number of such gateways provide access
to the palace complex.
The main entry from the city is through the 'Badi Pol'
(Great Gate), which leads to the first courtyard. Badi Pol
(built in 1600) leads to the ‘Tripolia Pol', a triple-arched BADI POL
gate built in 1725, which provides the northern entry. The
road between this gate and the palace is lined with shops
and kiosks owned by craftsmen, book-binders, miniature
painters and textile dealers. Between these two gates,
eight marble arches or Toranas are erected. It is said that
the Maharanas used to be weighed here with gold and
silver, which was then distributed among the local people.
Following the Tripolia gate is an arena in front of the
Toran Pol and the facade palace, the Manak Chowk,
where elephant fights were staged in the past to test their
prowess before starting on war campaigns. TRIPOLIA POL
The main block of the city palace is approached
through a modest door from the Ganesha Deodhi
terrace. The door is flanked by whitewashed walls
vibrantly painted with martial animals in the
traditional Rajput style. There is a big boulders in
the entry where elephants were tied. This elephant GANESHA DEODHI GATE
parking have now became car parking.
Behind the entrance of Badi Pol there is a huge wall
which was for the elephant fight. The elephant
which touches the wall first would be considered
weak elephant. Both elephants would pull each
other in this fight.
AMAR VILAS
Amar Vilas is the uppermost court
inside the complex, which is an
elevated garden. It provides entry to
the Badi Mahal. It was built in Mughal
style as a pleasure pavilion. It has
cusped arcades enclosing a square
marble tub. Amar Vilas is the highest
point of the City Palace and has
wonderful hanging gardens with
fountains, towers, and terraces.
BADI MAHAL
Badi Mahal (Great Palace) also known as Garden Palace is
the central palace situated on a 27 metres (89 ft) high
natural rock formation bis-a-bis the rest of the palace.
The rooms on the ground floor appear to be at the level of
the fourth floor in view of the height difference to its
surrounding buildings. There is a swimming pool here,
which was then used for Holi festival (festival of colors)
celebration. In an adjoining hall, miniature paintings of
18th and 19th centuries are displayed. In addition, wall
paintings of Jag Mandir (as it appeared in the 18th
century), Vishnu of Jagdish temple, the very courtyard and
an elephant fight scene are depicted.
CHINI CHITRASHALA
Sheess Mahal or Palace of Mirrors and glasses was built in 1716 by Maharana
Pratap for his wife Maharani Ajabde.
MUSEUM