Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Out of Jaipur but still in Rajasthan

 

The most well-known face and the story from Rajasthan - Maharana Pratap and Chetak. Did you notice - Chetak has a pseudo-trunk on his face? This was to trick the elephants into thinking of the horse as a young elephant and therefore, not attacking it. This is a scene from the battle of Haldi Ghati, which ended in a stalemate, and soon after, Maharana Pratap regained the whole of Mewar. Interestingly, Mewar was the only region in the whole of Rajputana, which never submitted to the mughal invaders. If you visit Udaipur and Chittor, the opulence is less than Jaipur but the valor and pride are a million times more (and deservingly so). 


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