Finally, a real road! Though still with cows, goats and over crammed vehicles.
We stayed in a family haveli (guest house built around a courtyard) within the fort walls. Charming family and good veggie food but no hot water or alcohol!
We spent our day exploring the 5km long fort by bike (at last says Nic!). Chittor was the former capital of the Mewar region before being moved to Udaipur in 1567 because it was successfully taken on three occasions. Each was accompanied by a mass suicide by the female inhabitants by self-immolation (13,000 in one instance).
This three-heads of Shiva carving is one of our favourites. We are really making an effort to gain a vague understanding of Hindu gods..but as there are over 900,000 'celestial beings' it's proving to be a difficult task..
Note the nude statue above the clothed Goodwins, one sect of Jainism does believe in clothes!
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