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 155