A blend of the ancient and the new, Kota today is a modern town throbbing with activity and progressive industrialization. But the old world charm lingers. The ancient town on the banks of the Chambal River is one of the ideal places to study the fusion of the traditional and the modern. A fort overlooks the Kota Dam complex and palace in interestingly juxtaposed with the Kota Banage.Kota boasts of Asia’s largest fertilizer plant, a precision instrument unit and an atomic power station. About 40 Km. away Bundi is like a page out of history.

WHAT TO SEE:

CHAMBAL GARDEN:
The lush green garden at Amar Niwas makes a lovely picnic spot.

MAHARANA MADHO SINGH MUSEUM:
Housed in an old place of the maharanas, the museum houses a rich collection of Rajput miniature paintings of the Kota school, exquisite sculptures, frescoes, arms and other valuable antiques.

GOVERNMENT MUSEUM:
The museum has a treasure of rare old coins, manuscripts and a representative selection of Hadoti sculptures.

JAG MANDIR:
An aesthetic monument in the middle of Kishore Sagar Lake.

CHATTAR MAHAL OR PALACE OF TOWERS:
A steep, paved carriage-way leads up to this monument. The Hazari Pol pf Gate of the thousand, the Nanbat Khana, the Hathi Pol with curious old water clock, Diwan –i-Am, are some places of interest here.

CHITRA MAHAL:
Some of the finest Bundi mural paintings which have attained world fame can be seen here. This palace was built by Rao raja Shatroo Salaji.

PHOOL SAGAR:
A palace built in the 20th century with architecture typical of the time, is the pleasant home of the former ruler.

SHIKAR BURJ:
The Royal hunting lodge. Nestling in the woods south of Phool Sagar.

KOHAKSAR BAGH:
Near the Shikar Burj is an old well-maintained garden where cenotaphs of the kings and queens of bundi have been built. The most of awesome cenotaph is chatter Singh.

OTHER SIGHTS:
The Palace, Ratan Daulat, Ranjit ki Baori, Taragarh, Sukh Mahal etc.

EXCURSIONS:

WANKANER:
The Royal Palace of Wankaner, 50 km.away from Rajkot, has been converted into a luxury hotel spending a night could be like a warm trip. The palace has a swimming pool.

PORBANDER:
On the south coast about midway between verowal and Dwarka modern day Porbander is chiefly noted as the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi.

JAMNAGAR:
Founded in 1540, Jamnagar, the capital of the Rajput Jadeja rulers of Nawanagar is known for his pearly fisheries and now as an air-force station. Ayurvedic College famous.

DWARKA:
The scared town of Dwarka, the place where lord Krishna is said to have ruled, sits on the western most top of Gujrat.Dwarka is one of the four most scared Hindu Pilgrimages.

JUNAGADH:
About a 100 km.from Rajkot is Junagadh, the capital of the erstwhile princely state of the name. The Upar Kot Fort, near town, is girdled by a high wall and was known for its inaccessibility.