Rajasthan, the combination of two Hindi words (1) King (2) Place, means Place of Kings. Before becoming Rajasthan, it was scattered in many small states ruled by different kings of their time. All these states were united by Mewar's Rana's and turned it into a whole big state of India as Rajputana (Rajasthan).
There are so many heritage sites and places which you would like to visit.
Bundi
is a district near Kota District and is famous for its monuments listed
below. Bundi comes in the Hadoti region (हाड़ोती क्षेत्र). As per 2011
census, population of bundi is more than 1 lakhs. City is encircled by
Aravali hills from three sides and it most famous for
its step-wells (बावड़ी) specially for rainy days.
It was named (Bundi) due to the ruler 'Bunda Meena' of
the area, Earlier it was know as Bunda_ki_Naal, means Narrow Way of
Bunda. Later on Hada King Rav Deva (राव देवा हाडा) rules the place after
defeating Jaita Meena (जैता मीणा), and he named the surrounding area of
Bundi as Hadoti (Means places of Hada Raja's). Site Seeing places at
Bundi are as below.
- Taragarh fort:Taragarh fort is situated at top of the hill overlooking the city. Hill is very steep. Earlier it was known as Bheem Burg (भीम बुर्ज) and a Big size canon was placed there named Garh Gunjam / गर्भ गुंजन (Means thunder from womb).
- Bundi Palace:Situated adjacent to Taragarh Fort on the same steep hill. There is a art gallery called by name of Chitrashala (चित्रशाला), that is open for general purpose and is famous for its wall paintings done by water colors. Badal Mahal.
- Step-wells of Bundi:There are around more than 50 step-wells in Bundi, of which only one have been maintained. They used to be the only source of water for the town until a pipe lined water system was introduced. After that these step-wells were abandoned and the monuments were left without care. Most of the former step-wells inside the town have become dumps for garbage and are slipping out of the public consciousness.
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