India Tourism » Travel to Bundi

Bundi is a charming little historic Rajasthani town having everything - impressive fort, beautiful palaces and exotic colorful bazaars - minus all the tourist hype. Bundi is still a virgin tourist spot. The town still seems living in medieval ages and nothing seems to have changed in the past many years. Bundi was the stronghold of Hara dynasty (Descendents of fire) since 1242 and has a history of fiercely fought independence till 1947.

While driving through the highway to Kota the town of Bundi appears sunk in a pit with the imposing Bundi Palace attentively guarding everything around. Of all the fort-palaces of Rajasthan, the one of Bundi is most imposing. The impressive palace houses "chittrashala", the collection of famous Bundi murals. It is an open courtyard with gallery around a garden of fountains, has splendid miniatures depicting scenes from the Radha-Krishna story. Right on top of the hill is majestic Taragarh Fort, the interesting fort is worth exploring for hours. The fort has many reservoirs, which are annually emptied flooding the streets leading down to the city.

Bundi is most famous for its baoris (stepwells) as there are many impressive ones such as the Raniji ki Baori. There are many tanks and lakes in and around Bundi that are worth a visit. The town's medieval looking bazaars offer enormous photography opportunities.84 pillared cenotaphThe 84-pillared cenotaph is also worth a look and so is the beautiful countryside around the town. The road towards Chittaurgarh is a complete stretch of unexplored and untouched countryside, which promises many surprises like rural bazaars and fairs on the way. On the route is Bijoliyan, which once had 100 temples of which three ancient temples are still surviving. 16 kilometers shorter is Menal having Shiva temples dating back to the Gupta period. An impressive waterfall flows near the temples during the monsoons.

The best feature about Bundi is that it is still not a popular tourist attraction hence no official ways of sightseeing. The ideal way is to explore the attractions on your own with no chance of being hassled!