Hotel Aashiya Haveli, Udaipur

The family of Aashiya Haveli is of the highly respected and regarded class which is in-between social order of the Rajputs and the status of the Brahmans. There is a caste of Charans which exercises a great respectability and influence in Rajasthan. The speciality of the caste is that it combines in its characteristics of Rajputs and Brahmans in an adequate manner. Charans are highly revered for their unflinching readiness for martyrdom, bravery in war, high literary sense and deep loyalty to patrons. Ancestor of this family were good poets and better soldiers. Members of this family are considered to be divine by a large section of society. Women of the caste are adored as mother goddesses by other major communities of this region including Rajput Kings. Maharana UDAI SINGH ji, the founder of Udaipur invited this family to occupy a place of esteem in the royal courts of Mewar. Maharana BHIM SINGH ji gave grants of four villages named Kadiya, Pasoond, Mandar and Mengatiya, and granted the permission to build RAWLA in Pasoond village. Same Maharana also gave to this family, an urban house to live in Udaipur, near his palace, which is presently known as AASHIYA HAVELI. From that time Aashiya family is living in this haveli. Kuber dan ashiya and Satya dev singh ashiya, the present members of Aashiya family, began renovation of this haveli in 2006 and within two and a half years aashiya Haveli opened its doors for travellers, while remaining the city dwelling of the original family.