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Fateh Garh,
perched on a hill forgotten within the very heart of Udaipur is
yet blissfully away from the familiar drone that one travels to
make distance from; what today many would call serendipity of
sorts! Delivered from the Urdu word from victory 'Fateh', and
'Garh' or fortress in Sanskrit, Fateh Garh is really an
invitation to penetrate our gross exterior selves and explore
the much hiding recesses of our interior being, considered 'true
victory' in Eastern thought. This interplay of the male and
female aspects is found more obviously in the spaces referred to
as the Mardana Mahal, bold and exhibitionist - traditionally,
the palace of the gentry; and the Zanana Mahal, intimate and
delicate - traditionally, the palace of ladies. On advancing to
the wondrous inverted palace, which is really a mirror images of
the Mardana & Zanana Mahal, we realize a harmonious
intermingling of the yin and yang energies that gives the
interplay a whole new dimension.
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