Padmaawat ban renews interest in history

1 Tourists from across the country have been flocking to Mewar region of Udaipur and Chittorgarh cities, last month and in the first week of January 2 They are curious to know about the place Queen Padmini belonged to. The town has gained national fame after the film Padmaawat 3 Most of the tourists coming to Chhittorgarh want to see the mirror where, according to legend, the queen’s face was shown to Alauddin Khilji 4 The numbers of visitors doubled in Chittorgarh — to 81,009 in December 2017 from 40,733 in the same month the previous year

AFP Rajput community members take part in a protest against the film Padmavati in Hyderabad. The ban on the film in Rajasthan, it seems, is turning out to be a boon for tourism in the state. —