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Kota

India

Watercolour of Kota, India. Along the deep gorge of the Chambal River, centered around the iconic Kota Garh (City Palace), the island palace of Jagmandir in Kishore Sagar lake, and the Chambal Riverfront, with Queen Braj Kanwar and Kota Garh.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Queen Braj Kanwar; Kota Garh; Kishore Sagar Lake; Chambal Riverfront; Garadia Mahadev; Hadoti; lush Hadoti region flora; Hada Rajput
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the calm waters of Kishore Sagar toward the island palace of Jagmandir with weeping willows and stone ghats in the foreground, showing willow branches and stone lake steps in the foreground, the calm water reflections and red sandstone palace chhatris in the middle-ground, and the distant fortress walls and rolling Hadoti horizon fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the thick canopies of neem and banyan trees around Kishore Sagar, weeping willows along lake parapets, and the forested slopes of the Chambal gorge.
Guarded against
Not Jaipur, Jodhpur, or Bundi
Population1,001,694
Coordinates25.18°N, 75.84°E
Elevation271 m
Area527 km²
Time zoneAsia/KolkataUTC+5:30
Solar noon12:27clock runs 0.4 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Kota and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Hanga Roa, Chile — 569 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

JaipurIN194 km
GwaliorIN261 km
BhopalIN267 km
IndoreIN274 km
JodhpurIN308 km
AgraIN311 km
FaridabadIN388 km
NajafgarhIN398 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Kota inside this atlas.

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