Proceeding southwards and passing through Bhilwara, or the Land of the Bhils, we come to Chittorgarh. Chittorgarh is like an epic poem of past glory and its grandeur cannot be summed up in a few words. It would be best for the visitor to see it for himself. The Chittor Fort has been described again and again in history for the three jauhars performed here following its three sieges. Also well known is the Tower of victory, built by Rana Kumbha between AD 1458 and 1468 to commemorate his victory over the Khiji riler of Malwa.
Other attractions of the region are the Padmini palace, where legend has it that Allaudin Khilji was allowed to have a glimpse of Padmini reflected in a mirror. Also to be seen are the Kumbha palace where Padmini is reported to have committed jauhar, and the tower where the nursemaid Panna, whose story of duty and sacrifice many of us have read at school, is said to have substituted her son for the heir Udai Singh when his uncle came to kill him and usurp the throne. The present district headquarters town of Chittorgarh nestles below the fort and houses a dak bungalow and a newly built tourist hotel.
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