महाराणा कुम्भा (हरविलास सारदा - मेवाड़ साम्राज्य के अद्वितीय विजेता, निर्माता व विद्वान्)

Maharana Kumbha
in his dream. It was originally intended to
have seven storeys of which only four were
completed including the subterranean vault.
This noncompletion of the building is given
as the reason why no descendant of Ratna
now shaves his head with a razor.
EKLINGJI.
Eklingji is the Cathedral town of Mewar.
And the Maharana, like the ancient Buddhist
king of Gāndhāra is the Defender of the Faith
and the Head of the Church. Eklingji and
Nāthdwara are the two most important reli-
gious places in Mewar. The temple of
Eklingji is unique in character. Eklingji is
the Ishtdeva or the god which the Maharanas
worship. He is held to be the master or
ruler of Mewar and the Maharana his divan
or chief minister. It is due to this fact, that
the Maharana of Udaipur is styled divan or
Divanji in Rajputana. In the warlike songs
sung in Rajputana and the poems recited by
the bards, divan is used in preference to
Maharana. The famous poem of Dursaji on
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