Showing posts with label Mewar. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 30 May 2018

Cenotaphs of Mewar rulers at Ahar in Rajasthan



Cenotaphs of Mewar Rulers at Ahar in Rajasthan.
Ahar is a small town in Udaipur district of Rajasthan which is located at a distance of 3 kms from the city of Udaipur.
The place is famous for being the cremation ground of the rulers of Mewar.
The cenotaph of Maharana Sangram Singh is a major attraction that has fifty-six pillars in its porch. It possess octagonal dome in its centre with the support of eight small pillars. In 1734, Maharana Sangram Singh was cremated here with his twenty-one wives.

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