Jaisalmer Travel Guide: Fort, Havelis, Lake, Thar Desert Safari, Museums & More
Jaisalmer Travel guide including desert safari details. Jaislamer Fort, Gadisar Lake, Museums, Lodurva Jain Temple, Sam Sand Dune & More.
Jaisalmer Travel guide including desert safari details. Jaislamer Fort, Gadisar Lake, Museums, Lodurva Jain Temple, Sam Sand Dune & More.
A small, secluded village called Khichan in Rajasthan has been feeding and protecting migratory Demoiselle Cranes for decades.
Bundi is a living, breathing, art gallery. The walls are filled with joyous and colourful figures. However, unlike the big metropolises, they are not based on western anesthetics but proudly replicates the indigenous school of art.
Chambal Ravines may have a past replete with bandits but at present, it is a safe place to travel with great natural & historical attractions. This travel guide should be enough to plan your trip.
One day I came across a photograph of Bhainsrorgar Fort atop a little hillock on the banks of Chambal. There was the reflection of the same on the crystal clear water of Chambal, a reflection so immaculate that no one could figure out even if you turn the photograph upside down. This was the view I was looking for! So, I reached there, I saw the view I wanted to see… almost!
I climbed up to the top of the hill to visit the remainders of the Taragarh Fort including a couple of step-wells (Baolis).
The present Jhalrapatan town is no more than 200 years old but there used to be an older city here. The oldest relics here date back to 6th and 7th century. The Surya Temple (Sun Temple) or the Padmanava Temple was built in the 10th or 11th century but I could not find any definite information regarding the people who built it.
Gagron Fort is listed as one of the “Hill Forts of Rajasthan”, a cluster of heritage sites by UNESCO but unlike the rest in the list, it is barely known and rarely visited. It nevertheless stands alone and stands tall on the banks of Kali Sindh.
Machkund Temples complex near Dholpur has mythological stories related to it.
Bundi monuments: 84-Pillared Cenotaph (Chaurasi Khambon ki Chhatri) and Sukh Mahal
Badoli Temples are not a very massive complex but it has been sculpted with such detail that one feels an urge to photograph every square inch of these walls.
Pushkar camel and cattle fair offered the expected camels but it also had a lot of colorful people.