Day 6:
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Morning drive to Jodhpur. On arrival transfer to Hotel.
Jodhpur stands on a range of sandstone hills surrounded by
a strong wall nearly 10 kms (6miles) in length, with seven
gates. Dominating the city is an eminence surmounted by a
massive fortress. In olden days, the fortress must have been well high
impregnable, for the rocky base on which it is built is scraped on every side.
Within the walls are royal palaces of old, with priceless jewels and a striking
collection of arms. Sightseeing of Jodhpur includes visit to Mehrangarh Fort,
Jaswant Thada Museum (Umaid Bhawan Palace), Armory and Jaswant
Tada. Overnight at hotel in Jodhpur.
Day 7:
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Morning after breakfast drive to Udaipur, enroute sightseeing
of Ranakpur 160 kms from Udaipur, in a quiet isolated glen,
is a remarkable complex of Jain Temple of Ranakpur (1440
A.D.). Built during the reign of the liberal and
gifted monarch Rana Kumbha, these temples, though belonging to a late
period (15th Century), when the peak of the classical age was already past,
are a unique example of Jain ecclesiastical architecture. The entire enclosure
is encircled by a wall. One temple consists of 29 halls and 426 pillars full of
sculptural decoration. No two pillars are alike here. Lunch at nearby Maharani
Bagh Resort, royal gardens still owned by the Maharaja of Jodhpur. On
arrival in Udaipur transfer to hotel.Afternoon free at leisure. Overnight at
hotel.
Day 8:
In Udaipur the visitor finds his dream of India come true, for
the city combines real beauty with picturesque associations
of a great and glorious past. It stands in a valley, amid green
hills on the banks of wider, steel blue Lake
Pichola. On little islands in the lake, from the water edge, rise marble palaces
of pure white that glisten like fairy castles. Crowning the ridge, in which the
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