Sheesh Mahal & Surya Chopar- City palace Udaipur
From the Mor Chouk, on the Northern side you can enter the Sheesh Mahal or the Palace of Mirrors. According to our guide, this also served as the temporary dining place for the King too. You can see the raised platform covered with velvet where the king is supposed to have sat down for his lunch or dinner. There were people who used to partake the food before the king to find out whether it was safe to eat too. Sheesh Mahal was built in 1716 by Maharana Pratap for his wife Maharani Ajabde. On the Southern side of the Mor chouk you enter the Surya Chopar where there is a huge emblem of Sun God. For the Mewar Clan praying to Sun God in the morning was Mandatory and during the winter days they used to pray to the huge Sun God emblem in the Surya Chopar. Near by you can find the weighing machine in which Raja was weighed against Gold and silver coins which were then distributed. On the outer walls of the Fort there is an...