Chillin, Lake Pichola | Udaipur

Chillin, Lake Pichola | Udaipur, originally uploaded by Urban|nexus.

Lake Pichola in Udaipur fills up with water every few years. The Lonely Planet guide I had was written when it was dry (like Jaipur's Jal Lake is at the moment). The lake looks serene in the morning when the warm winter sun embellishes its surface, and that of the beautiful buildings by its shore. This was viewed from the bay window of the apartment in the Kankarwa Haveli (these Havelis were the mansions of well to do courtisans of the Maharana of Mewar, who ruled Jaipur and before that, Chitoor).