Deogarh -पधारो म्हारे देश

Tripoto
13th Nov 2015

Friends, this Diwali vacation, we celebrated our holiday in deogarh, its small town approx 380 kms from Ahmedabad. It is 5 hour drive from my city Ahmedabad, in Rajsamand district . Deogarh has few accommodation option including 400 yr old heritage palace. I have chosen palace to enjoy my diwali vacation.   Deogarh was 2nd largest kingdom after Udaipur in Rajasthan & one can feel that richness in each n every corner of mahal. 

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Whether staying in palace or any activity within palace, they make you feel like a king. Candle light dinner on roof top with rajasthani performance was one of the best programme.

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A beautiful lake & fort is seen on Mahal’s terrace & to view sunrise at this point was MESMERIZING!

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This area has many lakes. We have explored two of them. One with 1956 vintage car “willy” & another with private boat. Unexplored nature is speciality of this area.

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Another important & less known sight seeing in this area is its heritage train. Its built by britishers in 1930. It passes from Aravali forest, connecting Marwad & Mewar . There are lots of bridges to connect hills, one can feel like a konkan railway or Shimla -Kalka railway.

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Deogarh (sindh sagar) fort also beautiful place to watch.Its a fort surrounded by lake. Now it’s converted to heritage hotel.

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SIngoda (water chestnut) plants in the fort’s lake.

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Few variety of rajasthani “pagadi”

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Royal touch in small things

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Random clicks of few foreigners.

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Old method to abstract oil from sesame seed called “ghani”.

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After my visit to Rajasthan, i think few unique words are very frequently used in rajasthan. One is “पधारो” & another is “हुकुम”. I really miss these words & warm hospitality of deogarh mahal.