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[[chitr:Kumbhalgarh-Udaipur-1.jpg|thumb|300px|kuanbhalagadh durg, udayapur]] kumbhalagadh durg
kumbhalagadh rajasthan hi nahian bharat ke sabhi durgoan mean vishishth sthan rakhata hai. udayapur se 70 kimi door samudr tal se 1087 mitar ooancha aur 30 kimi vyas mean phaila yah durg meva d ke maharana kumbha ki sujhabujh v pratibha ka anupam smarak hai| is durg ka nirman samrat ashok ke dusare putr sanprati ke banaye durg ke avasheshoan par 1443 se shuroo hokar 15 varshoan bad 1458 mean poora hua tha. durg ka nirman kary poorn hone par maharana kumbha ne sikke dhalavaye jin par durg aur usaka nam aankit tha. vastu shastr ke niyamanusar bane is durg mean pravesh dvar, prachir, jalashay, bahar jane ke lie sankatakalin dvar, mahal, mandir, avasiy imarate ,yajn vedi, stambh, chhatriyaan adi bane hai. qile ka areth pol namak daravaja kelava de ke kasbe se pashchim mean kuchh doori par 700 phut ooanchi nal chadhane par bana hai. hamesha yahaan rajy ki or se pahara hua karata tha. is sthan se qarib ek mil ki doori par halla pol hai jahaan se tho da aur age chalane par hanuman pol par jaya ja sakata hai. hanuman pol ke pas hi maharana kuanbha dvara sthapit hanuman ki moorti hai. isake bad vijay pol namak daravaja ata hai jahaan ki kuchh bhoomi samatal tatha kuchh nichi hai. yahian se prarambh hokar paha di ki ek choti bahut ooanchaee tak chali gee hai. usi par qile ka sabase ooancha bhag bana hua hai. is sthan ko kaharagadh kahate haian. vijay pol se age badhane par bhairavapol, nianboo pol, chaugan pol, pag da pol tatha ganesh pol ati hai.

hinduoan tatha jainoan ke kee mandir vijay pol ke pas ki samatal bhoomi par bane hue haian. nilakanth mahadev ka bana mandir yahaan par apane ooanche-ooanche sundar stambhoan vale baramade ke lie jana jata hai. is tarah ke baramade vale mandir prayah nahian milate. mandir ki is shaili ko karnal t aaud jaise itihasakar grik (yoonani) shaili batalate haian. lekin kee vidvan isase sahamat nahian haian. [[chitr:Kumbhalgarh-Udaipur.jpg|thumb|300px|kuanbhalagadh durg, udayapur]] vedi yahaan ka doosara ullekhaniy sthan hai, maharana kuanbha jo shilpashasr ke jnata the, unhoanne yajnadi ke uddeshy se shasrokt riti se banavaya tha. rajapootane mean prachin kal ke yajn-sthanoan ka yahi ek smarak shesh rah gaya hai. ek do manjile bhavan ke roop isaki imarat hai jisake oopar ek gumbad bani huee hai, is gumbad ke niche vale hisse se jo charoan taraph se khula hua hai, dhuana nikalane ka pravadhan hai. isi vedi par kuanbhalagadh ki pratishtha ka yajn bhi hua tha. qile ke sabase ooanche bhag par bhavy mahal bane hue haian.

niche vali bhoomi mean bhali van (bav di) aur mamadev ka kuand hai. maharana kuanbha isi kuand par baithe apane jyeshth putr udayasianh (ooda) ke hathoan mare gaye the. kuanbh svami namak vishnu-mandir maharana kuanbha ne isi kuand ke nikat mamavat namak sthan par banavaya tha jo abhi tooti-phooti avastha mean hai. mandir ke bahari bhag mean vishnu ke avataroan, deviyoan, prithvi, prithviraj adi ki kee moortiyaan sthapit ki gee thian. paanch shilaoan par rana ne prashastiyaan bhi khudavaee thian jisamean unhoanne meva d ke rajaoan ki vanshavali, unamean se kuchh ka sankshipt parichay tatha apane bhinn-bhinn vijayoan ka vistrit-varnan karavaya tha. rana rayamal ke prasiddh putr viravar prithviraj ka dahasthan mamavat ke nikat hi bana hua hai.

ganesh pol ke samane vali samatal bhoomi par gumbadakar mahal tatha devi ka sthan hai. maharana udayasianh ki rani jhali ka mahal yahaan se kuchh sidhiyaan aur chadhane par tha jise jhali ka maliya kaha jata tha. ganesh pol ke samane bana hua mahal atyant hi bhavy hai. ooanchaee par hone ke karan garmi ke dinoan mean bhi yahaan thandak bani rahati hai.

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