Situated 26 kilometers
North-East of Udaipur, Devi Garh is a convenient 45 minutes' scenic
drive from Udaipur city. Tucked away in the age-old Aravali hills
of Rajasthan, the 18th century Devi Garh Fort Palace, in the village
of Delwara commands one of the three main passes into the valley
of Udaipur. Sajja Singh, who hailed from the neighbouring state
of Gurjarat,was awarded this strategically significant principality,
in recognition of his bravery and loyalty to Maharana Pratap against
the Mughal emperor Akbar, at the battle of Haldighati (1576). The
actual construction of the fort palace started only in the 1760s,
under Raghudev Singh II, with further additions being made to the
structure by the rulers who followed.
Devi Garh stands, quite literally, in two worlds: the traditional
and the modern. Its ambience is an eclectic mix of skillfully
crafted designs, both old and new, functional and purely aesthetic.
Local materials like marble and semi-precious stones have been
used in contemporary designs to create an elegant beauty.
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