Traditional lineage: see MEWAR'S TRADITIONAL LINEAGE.

Trees and Forests of Mewar: see NATURAL FEATURES OF MEWAR.

Trials & Triumphs of the Mewar Kingdom, The, a brief yet informative history of Mewar and descriptions of its historical events, people, and places by British author Hugh DAVENPORT, commissioned by BHAGWAT SINGH MEWAR, and published in 1975.

Tribal Research Institute and Nehru Museum, Udaipur, located at Ashok Nagar, Udaipur. It features displays of tribal dress, ornaments, pottery, huts, and a photographic gallery of day-to-day life. The Government of Rajasthan operates it.

Tribhuwan Narain Temple, Chittorgarh; a Shiva temple, now known as SAMIDDHESHWARA MAHADEVA or MOKUL TEMPLE, thought to have been built by Raja Bhoj of Malwa in the 10^th century AD.

Trimurti, the three-headed depiction of Shiva where he also takes the role of Brahma the creator and Vishnu the preserver. An excellent depiction of the god can be found in the ADBHUTJI TEMPLE, Chittorgarh.

Tripolia Gate, City Palace, Udaipur, the triple-arched main entrance to the Palace. Built in 1725 during the reign of Maharana SANGRAM SINGH II, it stands at the northern end of the complex, just inside the first entrance from the marketplace, BADI POL. Originally, only the Maharana entered through the middle arch, all other subjects and visitors using the side arches. See also GATES (POLS) IN UDAIPUR.

Tuladan, a charitable act wherein a Maharana was weighed in gold and precious stones, the cash equivalent of which was then distributed among the Brahmans, and used for the construction of temples and tanks for the welfare of the people. The Tuladans were originally performed at religious centres such as Haridwar and Gaya. The arches where he was weighed are called TORANAS, built to commemorate the Tuladan.

Tulja Bhawani (Bhavani), the goddess of scribes, a form of the Mata or Mother Goddess; her best known shrine is at Tuljapur in the State of Hyderabad, formerly the dominion of the Nizam of Hyderabad.

Tulja Bhawani (Bhavani), Temple of, also called Tuljamata Temple, Chittorgarh, just inside the fort's top gate, Ram Pol, and near the Dari-kahan or assembly hall, and adjoins the TOPKHANA CHAORI. It was built between 1537 and 1540 by the assassin and usurper, BANBIR (1537) with the alms of his Tuladan (i.e., Tulja: gold collected by weighing himself), instead of giving it to Brahmans, as per tradition. He dedicated the Temple to the goddess Turya or Tulja Bhavani (Mata, the Mother Goddess) whom he revered.

Tuljamata, Temple (Chittor): see TULJA BHAWANI TEMPLE.

turban (headgear): see PAG.