Kumbhalgarh stands a wary sentinel to the past. The massive fort, encompassed by a 36-km long wall, has seven majestic gates and seven ramparts, one within the other.
The most picturesque of the palaces is the 'Badal Mahal 'or the palace of the cloud. The palace has got its name for being the highest of all the structures. It offers a bird's eye view of the countryside surrounding the fort as well as of other ruins within the fort.
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The bird life at Kumbhalgarh is also gratifying. The normally
shy and distrusted grey jungle fowl can be spotted here.
Peacocks and Doves can be sighted regularly, feeding on grains
scattered by the jungle guards. Bird like the red spur owls,
Parakeets, golden Oriole, grey Pigeons, Bulbul, Dove and
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Kumbhalgarh Fort Of the thirty-two forts that the great warriors King, Rana
Kumbha built all over Mewar, the most spectacular was Kumbhalgarh. In many
ways, in fact it is even more impressive than the Mewar citadel of Chittorgarh
itself. Built high in the hills wests of Chittorgar.
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