Sunday mornings are usually lazy mornings. However, we had very little time to cover up some of the important landmarks in Udaipur. This was our only Sunday in Udaipur and we decided to make full use of the time we had. Initially, we had thought of shopping in Udaipur on this particular Sunday. However, we decided to shop towards the end of our Udaipur tour.
There are plenty of street markets in the city and therefore shopping in Udaipur is a great experience. However, to ensure we get the best experience of the tour we bought the Art and Culture Tour by Walk and Pedal Travel Tours. Sunday was extremely busy day for us because we had to cover lot of places. We love these market walks because it offers various offline shopping advantages to us.
The day began with Pushpendra picking us up from our Airbnb homestay in Udaipur. We parked the car at a location close to the market and before we knew we were strolling and shopping in Udaipur through the narrow and busy market lanes. I and Sarah often go for Christmas shopping in Mumbai and walk through the small lanes of the city.
We started our tour from the Delhi Circle Gate and we took the Dhaan Mandi Road and headed further to Mochiwada area and to Bada Bazaar and eventually to Jagdish Road. The initial part of the tour was through the vegetable market. Later we passed through hundreds of provision stores, grocery stores, spice dealers and retailers selling raw food products. It is an ideal way to unwind when you are in Udaipur on your winter honeymoon trip.
Sarah and I both love shopping. We generally go for a big Diwali shopping in Mumbai every year. She did her shopping in Udaipur and we kept moving from one alley to other clicking pictures of the market. Since, it was a Sunday morning plenty of vendors and shops were closed. As we walked towards the Bada Bazaar area the streets were pretty quiet and it offered us space and time to click pictures.
Enjoy the photo tour of the Udaipur Market:
After the market tour we decided to visit the immensely popular Jagdish Temple in Udaipur.
Do you like exploring old city markets? What’s your favourite memory of market trip?
8 comments
So beautifully portrayed. It is like I’m visiting each of these places. Me being an Udaipurite, even I haven’t seen my city in such detail. Your photographs and captions say it all, what anyone would wish to know and see about a city and its core. You have a wonderful perspective and an artists eye, to be covering all the aspects in such a beautiful way.
Keep up the good work. Will be glad to read and see more from you. I love the seriousness in your work. Stay blessed.
Thank you, Samir. It means so much to me coming from an artist like you who is a local as well.
A visual delight!
It felt like being a part of your journey into the heart of the City of Lakes, Udaipur. Being living in the city since decades, never got a chance to explore the intrinsic beauty of the place. Only an observant eye can actually see what others fail to notice. The captures speak of the very raw, the basic, the very essence of an old historical city, which seemed to have been overlooked by many travel forums.
Glad to see this side of Udaipur through your eyes. 🙂
I am glad that you liked the pictures. Thank you for your time and comment.
I love the clock tower. The architecture and the marketplace are fascinating. There’s so much life on display. Great photos.
I’m glad you liked the architecture. I wrote a dedicated post on architecture of the Jagdish Temple which should interest you.
Am so tempted to see it in real as this virtual tour seemed really exciting. It was both a virtual as well as linguistic delight for eyes n mind. You are too good Shahrukh.
Thank you for your comment, Avni.