Destination: Jag Mandir (island) Palace
Jag Mandir's history begins with the Maharana Karan Singh's benevolence shown to Emperor Shahjahan (1605?1627). Shahjahan, before he was crowned as Mughal Emperor, was known during his young days as Prince Khurram. As Khurram, he rebelled against his father Emperor Jahangir in 1623, because he wanted to be the heir to the Mughal throne. Faced with danger of getting thwarted in his campaign, he sought refuge in Mewar Kingdom at Udaipur where he was given safe haven by the then Maharana Karan Singh. He was initially kept in the City Palace along with his wife Mumtaz Mahal and his two sons, Prince Dar and Prince Aurangzeb. Later they were shifted to the Gul Mahal, as a safe refuge, in the midst of the lake (this place since then has also been called Khurram's Palace). Gul Mahal is a domed pavilion that was specially built for Khurram by Maharana Karan Singh. It was later enlarged by his son Jagat Singh into a huge palace and named as the Jag Mandir palace.
Today, Jag Mandir is used by the Maharaja as a pleasure palace, and is often rented out for weddings etc...
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