{"id":19290,"date":"2024-01-14T02:56:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T21:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=19290"},"modified":"2025-04-05T16:31:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T11:01:46","slug":"chittorgarh-fort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/chittorgarh-fort\/","title":{"rendered":"Chittorgarh Fort"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Chittorgarh Fort<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Built by local Maurya rulers in the 7th century A.D., the Chittorgarh Fort\u00a0in Rajasthan is\u00a0one of the largest forts in India.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The common belief is that\u00a0Chitrangada Mori, the local Maurya ruler,\u00a0developed the fort originally. Later, the fort was\u00a0captured by the Mewar rulers in 728 CE.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It used to be the\u00a0capital of the Mewar rulers.<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0situated on a 180-meter-high hill that rises from the banks of river Berach.<\/li>\n<li>The Fort has been\u00a0witness to several legendary warriors in Indian history, including\u00a0Badal, Gora, Maharana Pratap, Rana Kumbha, Patta, and Jaimal, among others.<\/li>\n<li>It was declared a\u00a0UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2013.<\/li>\n<li>Features:\n<ul>\n<li>The fort is\u00a0known for its seven gates, namely Padan Gate, Ganesh Gate, Hanuman Gate, Bhairon Gate, Jodla Gate, Lakshman Gate, and the main gate, which is named after Lord Ram.<\/li>\n<li>These gates were\u00a0built to protect the fort from the enemy attacks, and the arches even protect the elephants from entering.<\/li>\n<li>Sprawling across 700 acres and a circumference of 13 km, the fort\u00a0has a kilometre-long road that takes up to the rampart\u00a0after passing through the seven gates.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0walls are made of lime mortar and rise up to 500 metres above ground level.<\/li>\n<li>The fort houses\u00a0four palaces, 19 temples, including Jain and Hindu temples,\u00a020 water bodies,\u00a0and four memorials.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Jauhar Mela:\n<ul>\n<li>Every year, a\u00a0Jauhar Mela is held in Chittorgarh.<\/li>\n<li>This Rajput festival celebrates the\u00a0anniversary of one of the jauhars.<\/li>\n<li>Though there\u2019s no specific name given, it is believed that the fair\u00a0commemorates Rani Padmini\u2019s jauhar and celebrates Rajputana valour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What is Jauhar?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Jauhar was a\u00a0Hindu tradition practiced by Rajput women who wanted\u00a0to avoid falling into the hands of the enemy.<\/li>\n<li>Instead of consuming poison, they preferred to burn in flames, as fire symbolised purity.<\/li>\n<li>It is said that the practice was\u00a0performed\u00a0only during wars.\u00a0The women did this\u00a0to avoid being enslaved and raped by the invaders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is a UNESCO World Heritage Site?<\/h3>\n<p>A World Heritage Site (WHS) is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO under the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. These sites are designated by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, scientific or other forms of significance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livelaw.in\/supreme-court\/supreme-court-chittorgarh-fort-protection-blasting-activities-within-5-kms-prohibited-246644\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Supreme Court Issues Directions For Protection Of Chittorgarh Fort, Prohibits Blasting Activities Within 5 Kms Radius<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Built by local Maurya rulers in the 7th century A.D., the Chittorgarh Fort in Rajasthan is one of the largest forts in India.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19291,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19290","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}