blue vista chalet Of four Hindu temples around the palace compound, the most fanciful is Jagannath Mandir (h4am-2pm &

Tripura Sundari Mandir (h4.30am-1.30pm & 3.30-9.30pm), a 1501 Kali temple where a steady stream of pilgrims make almost endless animal sacrifices that leave the grounds as bloody as the temple s vivid-red shikhara (Buddhist blue vista chalet monastery). Even more people come here at the big Diwali festival (October/November) to bathe in the fishfilled tank by the temple. The temple blue vista chalet is 100m east of the NH44, 4km south of Udaipur. A rickshaw from Udaipur costs 50.

Of four Hindu temples around the palace compound, the most fanciful is Jagannath Mandir (h4am-2pm & 4-9pm). Its massive sculptured portico leads into a complex with wedding-cake architecture painted in ice-cream sundae colours. Several royal mausoleums are decaying quietly on the riverbank behind Batala market. To get to them walk west down HGB Rd, turn left at Ronaldsay Rd and right along the riverbank. Chaturdasha Devata Mandir (Temple of Fourteen Deities) hosts a big seven-day Kharchi blue vista chalet Puja festival in July in Old Agar- tala, 7km east down Assam Agartala blue vista chalet (AA) Rd (NH44) at Kayerpur.