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India: a first connection through Udaipur

Udaipur brings one part of India into focus through the relationship between a palace, a lake and the surrounding hills. The City Palace rises beside Lake Pichola in Rajasthan, with the Aravalli landscape beyond. earthTV’s perspectives on India invite a closer interest in this setting and the architecture that gives it character.

Discovering an Indian city and its landscape

Rajasthan provides the regional context for Udaipur. The city’s heritage buildings and narrow streets sit within a landscape of lakes and foothills, allowing an interest in architecture to develop alongside an understanding of the terrain. Lake Pichola is central to that relationship, giving the palace an open waterside setting.

The City Palace introduces the connection between a historic seat of power and the city around it. Its extensive complex offers a different scale from Udaipur’s streets, while temples and bathing ghats add further elements to the urban landscape. These are places with their own purposes and histories, deserving attention as individual subjects.

An introduction to India can begin with this particular combination of built form and geography. Following Udaipur’s relationship with water leads towards questions about settlement, architecture and the life of the city. A familiar palace name becomes more meaningful when placed beside its lake and within its region, giving personal curiosity a concrete place to begin.