Bagore ki Haveli Udaipur Dharohar Folk Dance Episode 1

Bagore Ki Haveli is one of the most visited tourist attraction located in the heart of the Udaipur city. Udaipur is also known as the City of Lake and it is among the top 3 cities of Rajasthanstate. Bagore Ki Haveli is a world-class museum situated on the right side of famous Pichola Lake. Originally, it was a palace of Prime Minister of Mewar in the eighteenth century. Nowadays this 250 years old monument is well known for the folk dance show and a puppet show. This ancient Mewar architecture is the ultimate destination for travelers to spend some quality time
• Features: Rajasthani folk dance show
• Opening Times: Bagore-ki-Haveli 10:00 am to 5:00 pm; Dharohar Dance 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
• Best Time to Visit: Late October to early March
• Duration: 1 hour
• Travelled By: Foot
• Cost: Bagore-ki-Haveli Rs 30; Dharohar Dance Rs 100, camera Rs 50
• Address: Gangaur Ghat, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
• Type: Event
Bagore-ki-Haveli is a gorgeous 18th century haveli that has been converted into a museum showcasing Mewar art and architecture. In the evenings, the haveli puts on one of the best Rajasthani folk dance shows in Rajasthan – Dharohar Dance. For an hour, performers dance to Rajasthani folk music wearing bright coloured ethnic dresses. The dances are varied and demonstrate the tradition and culture of Rajasthani folklore.
Bagore-ki-Haveli is a gracious, slightly eccentric 18th-century haveli, set right on the waterfront of Lake Pichola at Gangori Ghat. It was built by Amir Chand Badwa, the Prime Minister of Mewar as a miniature of the City Palace, and has been carefully restored and converted since then into a museum with artefacts collected over the years.
The haveli has 138 rooms, as well as numerous corridors and balconies, courtyards and terraces. The rooms are set around numerous courtyards, some arranged to evoke the period during which the house was inhabited, and others housing cultural displays, including the world’s biggest turban. The cool shady courtyards contain two peacock mosaics made from small pieces of coloured glasses, as well as fretwork and carved pillars made from granite, marble and the local blueish-grey stone.
The haveli also houses an interesting art gallery, featuring fine examples of Mewar contemporary and folk art, and an eclectic selection of world-famous monuments lovingly carved out of polystyrene.
The interiors of the haveli are also embellished with intricate and fine mirror work. While strolling in the Haveli, you can also see the private quarters of the royal ladies, their bath rooms, dressing rooms, bed rooms, living rooms, worship rooms and recreation rooms.
The Chambers of the Royal Ladies still bear fine frescoes of the Mewari style. There are beautiful coloured-glass windows in some of the rooms as well as two peacock coloured glass mosaics that display the superb craftsmanship of the 18thcentury.
Unique symbols of the Rajput clan, such as jewellery boxes, dice-games, hukkas, pan boxes, nut crackers, hand fans, rose water sprinklers, copper vessels and other items are also on display in the haveli.
A slightly forlorn but funny puppet show plays several times a day on the ground floor.
In the evening, the beautiful Bagore-ki-Haveli gets transformed into a colourful stage for the performance of traditional Rajasthani folk dance and music. The haveli comes to life with multi-coloured lights in the evening and hosts one of the best shows in Rajasthan.
If you want to witness Rajasthani folk dancing, this is the best place and the most convenient opportunity to watch a show. The Dharohar dance is a nightly show of colourful, energetic Mewari, Bhil and western Rajasthani dances, performed by talented Rajasthani dancers and musicians. It takes place in a courtyard called Neem Chowk (a neem tree stands in the middle of the courtyard, hence its name).
The Dharohar dance show at Bagori-ki-Haveli is wonderfully organised and structured. The evening started off with a brief welcome and introduction to the show by a Rajasthani woman dressed in a beautiful sari worn in the traditional Rajasthani manner. She hosted the evening really well, and before each dance would tell us the name of the dance as well as the significance of the dance in Rajasthani folk culture.

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