Bundi : The City of Stepwells
Bundi, Rajasthan INDIA : A special destination in its own. An oasis in the desert state , a serene civilization far from the madding crowd & a tourist's destination . Attracted Sir Rudyard Kipling, Rabindra Nath Tagore, Virginia Fass , Film maker Satyajit Ray .. and many more. Thousands of tourists both domestic and foreign come here to see and discover this beautiful place. Bundi was named after a Meena Chieftain BUNDA.Bundi is specially famous for the Miniature paintings "Bundi School " and the aesthetic Stepwells.
Bundi is a haven wanting to be discovered by tourists foreign as well as Indian. The romance and fantasy of this place is seen in the following words of Ms Virginia Fass the high priest of photography.
High on a hillside in Bundi,
enclosed within the mass of greenish-brown serpentine stone
that is Chhatramahal, is a silent, secret garden,
its elegant formal layout still visible
through the tangle of wild-roses and weeds
that is the most enchanted places in the word.
The ethereal beauty and grandeur of Bundi architecture is vivdly brought out in the places of India.
"The rulers who built these palaces must have had terrific egos,
a great sense of style and great sense of humour."
Colonel Todd also estimated the
Taragarh Fort at Bundi as one of the most impregnable and unconquerable forts of Rajasthan.
Bundi is one of the few places in India which can lay its claim to an authentic School of painting. "The Bundi School." The splendid paintings in the Chitrashala in the Bundi fort are par excellence and can be compared with probably the best anywhere in the world.
In a word Bundi offers virtually everything to a tourist in terms of its exclusive paintings, exotic forts, unparalleled architecture, lakes and step wells (Baoris), outdoor locations, wildlife or the folklore, traditional music and handicrafts.
Email: in_heritage@indiatimes.com
