Electricity: 240 volts,
50Hz. A variety of power outlets are used in India,
but most plugs have two or three round pins.
Money: The currency is the Rupee (INR),
which is divided into 100 paisa. Major currencies can
be changed at banks, and authorised bureaux de change.
It is impossible to obtain rupees outside India, but
no matter what time you arrive in India there will be
an exchange office open at the airport. It is illegal
to exchange money through the black market and it is
advisable to refuse torn notes, as no one will accept
them apart from the National Bank. It is best to change
money into small denominations. Travellers cheques and
major credit cards are widely accepted, particularly
in tourist orientated establishments. ATMs are not generally
available.
Udaipur Equine Institute, a Public
Registered Society, part of the Non Commercial Division
of the MAHARANA MEWAR INSTITUTION TRUST; established
for the breeding and preservation of the Marwari breed
of horses. Here, ARVIND SINGH MEWAR breeds and trains
prize polo ponies for the Mewar polo team.
Udaipur Hospital, near Gulab Bagh,
Udaipur; a private hospital run by the Tej Singhji Sarupuria
Trust.
Udaipur Laboratory, the island location
in Pichola Lake of the UDAIPUR SOLAR OBSERVATORY.
Udaipur Solar Observatory, at the Udaipur Laboratory,
which is on an island in the northern sector of Fateh
Sagar Lake. It has a powerful and special kind of telescope,
which cost over Rs. 4 crores, which the American Institution
donated to the city. Only five other similar telescopes
exist in the world: Western Australia, Spain, Chile,
California, and Hawaii. The telescope observes and records
events of the sun each day, one of the Observatory's
most memorable days being October 24, 1995, when it
recorded a solar eclipse.
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