Bundi
A blue-washed town under a hillside palace, full of stepwells and some of the best surviving Rajput murals.
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Bundi sits below a ridge in a fold of the Aravallis, its old town washed in indigo blue, with the Garh Palace climbing the hillside above in a series of blocks added by successive rulers. Its murals are the reason art historians come: the Chitrashala, a painted gallery in the palace, holds Bundi-school wall painting in blues and greens covering ceilings and walls with court scenes, hunts, processions and Krishna stories, better preserved than most. The town has dozens of stepwells, the Raniji ki Baori the finest, descending in carved storeys. Taragarh fort above is overgrown and roamed by langurs.
What you actually see
- The Chitrashala - painted galleries of Bundi-school murals in the palace.
- Raniji ki Baori - a deep carved stepwell in the town.
- The blue lanes - indigo-washed houses below the palace.
- Taragarh fort - the overgrown fort on the ridge above.
When to go
October to March; Rajasthan summers are severe. The Bundi festival falls in November. The town is far quieter than Jaipur or Udaipur throughout the year.
Honest expectations
Parts of the palace are ruinous and overgrown, and langurs in the upper sections can be aggressive. Many stepwells are dry and litter-filled. Lighting inside the Chitrashala is poor and photography restricted.
Nearby
Kota lies southeast; Chittorgarh is southwest.
What to pack for Bundi
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Opening times, ticket prices and seasonal closures change - check the official source before you go: official site.