About Bundi
The beautiful Bundi, on three sides of which rises the rocky and mossy Mountains of Aravali, is the most inaccessible city of Rajasthan. However, it was such a reclusive arrangement that helped preserve the true spirit of ancient India.
In 1341, the representative of the Rajput clan Hada Chohan (which means "fiery-born") Rao Deva created the state of Bundi. It was then that the fortified quadrangular fort Taragarh was laid. The very first building was erected in the XVI century, and over the next two centuries the rulers only strengthened and supplemented it. In decorating this palace, it is difficult to notice elements of the Mughal style, which makes it outstanding among the rest of India's buildings.
The walled city of Bundi, located 37 km north of Kota, is located in the north of the former state of Hadaoti, protected from the north, east and west by defended cliffs of the Vindhya mountain range. Visible only from the south and protected by the giant Taragarh, or "star fort" towering in the north of the city, this city was an ideal capital for Hadachauhanov, seated in his huge palace with towers behind the high walls of the fort. Although it was inhabited in 1241, 25 years earlier than the Kota, the Bundi never became anything more than a modest trade center and remains to this day relatively untouched by modern development. And yet, his palace alone is one of the most picturesque monuments of Rajasthan, and the almost complete absence of incongruous modern structures inside an old, walled city.
Get Started