Deeg Town
Distance : 36km north of Bharatpur, 39km from Mathura, 98km
from Agra, 153kmfrom Delhi
 Population
: 38,000
Deeg located 36 Kms from Bharatpur, has a quiet elegance about it
which touches the soul immediately. Deeg has every ingredient for a
perfect tourist's rendezvous. It was the summer resort of the royal
family of Bharatpur. This off the track spot with its exquisite
complex of pleasure palaces is considered as one of the architectural
gems.
¤ Deeg's Unique Charm
Deeg is stunningly beautiful. It doesn't have the romance of Udaipur
or Jaisalmer in the air, but it has a quiet elegance about it which
touches the soul immediately. Although not as well known as Jaipur or
Jaisalmer, Deeg has every ingredient for a perfect tourist’s
rendezvous. It was the summer resort of the royal family of Bharatpur.
Later with Badan Singh it became the Jat capital too (see History of
Bharatpur for more). As such, this off the track spot came to be
blessed with the most tastefully done palaces and gardens.
¤ The Construction of Deeg Town
Deeg was built by Raja Suraj Mal in the mid-18th century. The
Bharatpur rajas ruled from both Bharatpur and Deeg. It was in Deeg
that the Jats successfully confronted an army of 80,000, Mughal and
Maratha combined. All along history, these two groups would be at each
other's throats, but now were compelled to shake hands with each other
in the hope of putting an end to the alarming Jat power! Today the
town of Deeg might appear to be nothing more than a sleepy
agricultural land, but just you wait until you set your eyes on the
well preserved and laid out palace pavilions. The Fort and the Deeg
Palace would strike you immediately as the most beautiful pieces of
architecture you've ever seen in your life. Many a times the Jats were
derogatorily described as 'a gang of robbers' or 'rustic plowmen', but
the palace complex is ample proof that there's more aesthetic sense in
the Jats than in any other self-proclaimed elitist clan. |
