Lake Udai Sagar, Lake Raj Samudra, Lake Jai Samudra, Thur Talab (Pond), Lake Pichola, Jana Sagar, Lake Swarup Sagar, Lake Fateh Sagar, Chikalwas Feeder Canal, Lake Govardhan Sagar, Indra Sarovar, Baghela Talab being some of them. The incredible strategic micromanagement of creation, expansion, preservation, direction of water bodies by the Maharanas of Mewar has taken the world by surprise. Confined to merely 470 kms the small Girwa valley boasts of systematic inter-connection and inter-linking of various rivers and water bodies by the then Maharanas. This is considered to be the best example of using available local water resources to systematically conserve and manage rain water. Since the past 600 years Maharanas of Mewar have continuously demonstrated before the world the importance of water conservation by implementing their traditional techniques of water conservation by using their self-created water bodies which are still the matchless water reservoirs of effective and successful ways of water harvesting and harnessing.


Palace Calendar 2020


Shriji unveiling the Palace Calendar 2020

Heritage Conservation and Promotion

Emergency Treatment of murals in Chitram Ki Bur

Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation had commissioned a detailed documentation of the murals in Chitram Ki Burj to Mr. Sanjay Dhar from New Delhi from 20th September to 1st October 2018. In October 2019, it was decided that the emergency treatment to stabilize the paint layer should be undertaken at the earliest. He and his team did the extensive testing of adhesives; emergency treatment to stabilize the paint layer and render and removal of unwanted surface coating where it is destabilizing the paint layer of the site from 01.12.2019 to 10.12.2019. Besides carrying out the emergency treatment some additional tests were also carried out including solubility tests for cleaning the surface with a coating (previous intervention). After completing the emergency treatment the painted surface was re-examined. The project is supported by The Friends of Heritage Preservation (FOHP), USA.


Experts doing emergency treatment of murals at Chitram Ki Burj


Experts doing emergency treatment of murals at Chitram Ki Burj

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