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# Udaipur
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/udaipur/
- Published: 2007-12-21T19:17:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-06T16:59:37.000Z
- Description: I enjoyed walking around the old centre of Udaipur. It was my introduction to India. I was still jet lagged and it took me some more days to get my mojo back.
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Photography

My journey through Rajasthan started in Udaipur. After spending a day in New Delhi, visiting sites that didn't really appeal to me, a night train took me to Udaipur. This was my introduction to the "real" India. I couldn't square what I saw with the descriptions in my travel guide. It would take me a few days to get used to the squalor and the poverty. It didn't help that I had caught cold, either on the plane or on the night train, which affected my mood in a negative way for part of the trip.

![Udaipur](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/udaipur-1.jpg)

View of Udaipur from the City Palace

![Udaipur](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/udaipur-2.jpg)

![Udaipur](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/udaipur-3.jpg)

This is actually one of my favourite photos. It captures what I was hoping to see in India.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/udaipur-4.jpg)

Shop selling rice, sugar and flour

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/udaipur-5.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/udaipur-6.jpg)

Street scene, Udaipur

![Jagdish Temple, Udaipur](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/udaipur-10.jpg)

The Jagdish Temple is covered with beautiful detailed carvings

![Street stall, Udaipur](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/udaipur-9.jpg)

Street stall in Udaipur

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/udaipur-7.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/udaipur-8.jpg)

An old and a new mural

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/udaipur-11.jpg)

They're everywhere

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I did a classic trip through [Rajasthan](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/rajasthan/). Besides visiting Udaipur I visited the [Jain Temple at Ranakpur](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/jain-temple-ranakpur/), [Jodhpur](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/jodhpur/), [Jaisalmer](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/jaisalmer/) and [Jaipur](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/jaipur/) before returning to [Delhi](https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/delhi/).