Gulab Bagh

Gulab Bagh, also known as Sajjan Niwas Garden, is the largest garden in Udaipur, Rajasthan, spread over 100 acres. Established in 1878 by Maharana Sajjan Singh, it features a wide variety of roses, medicinal plants, and fruit trees. The complex houses the Saraswati Library (formerly Victoria Hall Museum), a zoo, a toy train, and Kamal Talai pond. It serves as a green retreat in the heart of the city with historical and botanical significance.

Visitors can explore a sprawling 100-acre garden filled with diverse rose varieties, medicinal plants, and large fruit trees. The site includes a small zoo with various animals and birds, a heritage library building, and a toy train ride for children and adults. Visitors can walk along pathways, view Kamal Talai pond, and observe government offices and temples located within the garden boundaries. The environment offers a peaceful green space amidst the urban setting of Udaipur.

Established in 1878 by Maharana Sajjan Singh of Mewar. The Victoria Hall Museum, now Saraswati Library, was constructed by Maharana Fateh Singh in 1887 and opened to the public in 1890 as Rajasthan's first museum. A horticulturist from Madras, T.H. Story, was appointed in 1882 to stock the garden with medicinal plants. The garden was inaugurated by Lord Lansdowne.

The garden houses Navlakha Mahal, a religious place for Arya Samaj where Swami Dayanand Saraswati spent time and corrected his book Satyarth Prakash. The Saraswati Library preserves over 32,000 books related to history, archaeology, and Indology, including manuscripts from the early medieval period.