Rajasthan – Jewel in India’s crown

Rajasthan is the jewel in India’s crown. Palaces which can only be imagined in fairy tales, exotic desert sand, colorful surrounding, rich tradition, music, delicious food and amazing wildlife. In short, a combo pack of all that one can imagine in life.

Culture of Rajasthan

Jaipur

Popularly known as the Pink city and capital of Rajasthan. There are plenty of adorable things in Jaipur. Popular for clothes made from Jari (Fine threads made out of silver or gold).

It is popular shopping destination for bridal stuffs. Bangles made from Lac (Lakh ki chudiya) are supplied across the world from here.

Lac bangles

Places to visit in Jaipur

Amer Fort

Also known as Amber fort is architectural example for huge fortification. Inside the fort you can see Nishan Parade, Sheesh Mahal (Palace made from mirrors) , Diwn-E-AAm, Ganesh Pole. Best way to explore Amer fort is by riding elephants.

sheesh mahal

Hawa Mahal (Palace of Breeze)

Palace of Breeze

It is a five storey building constructed using red and pink stones. Windows of the palace are designed in such a manner that it enables free circulation of air within the structure.

City Palace

Its a huge palace with several courtyards. Within the palace are two more palace ‘Chandra Mahal’ and ‘Mubarak Mahal’. Architectural style is fusion of Rajput, Mughal and European. It is built as per vastushastra. It has several gates, some of the famous gates are the ‘Udai Pol’, ‘Jaleb Chowk’, ‘Tripolia Gate’ and ‘Virendra Pol’, which also happen to be the various entrances to the palace.

Jantar Mantar

It’s an astronomical observation site with more than 20 fixed instruments. It is combination of architectural and instrumentation innovation, designed to view astronomical positions with naked eyes.

Jal Mahal (Water Palace)

Serenity at its best. Constructed with light sand colored stones, it appears to float amidst Sagar Lake.

Raj Mandir Cinema

It is said that people come to see the cinema hall and not the movie. Witness of premiers of many movies in India, it was built in 1976. It is known to be the largest single screen cinema hall in Asia.

Jaisalmer

Also nicknamed as Golden city, it is composition of ravishing havelis, vibrant bazaars and splendid temples. It is world heritage site and famous for desert camps.

Jaisalmer Fort

Bada Bagh

Salim Singh ki haveli

Gadisar Lake

Jain Temples

Patwon ki Haveli

Ajmer

Surrounded by Aravali hills is famous across the world for Dargah.

Pushkar

Famous for Camel fair. It is house of many popular destination such as Pushkar lake and Brahma Temple.

Pushkar lake

Camel Fair

Brahma Temple

Udaipur

Udaipur is also known as City of lakes, Venice of East and Kashmir of Rajasthan. Surrounded by Aravali forest it is also known as most romantic city in India due to its famous lakes and palaces.

City Palace

Lake Palace

Jodhpur

It is also known as Gateway of Thar Desert. It is house of majestic Mehrangarh Fort and elegant Umaid Bhawan Palace. It is famous for vibrant festivals like Marwar Festival, Gangaur and Teej. In modern times no wedding is complete in India without the groom getting attired in Jodhpuri suit and Jutti (Shoes).

Thar desert

Mehrangarh

Umaid bhawan

Marwar Festival

Gangaur Festival

Teej Festival

Jodhpuri Suit

Jodhpuri Jutti (Shoes)

Shekawati

Article about Rajasthan is never complete without mentioning Shekawati. Located in northern part of Rajasthan, it also known as open art gallery of Rajasthan. It was once called millionaire’s paradise. It is laced with innumerable beautiful havelis with murals and wall paintings.

Palace on wheels

Palace on wheels is a luxury train with 23 coaches, each coach named after former Rajput States with accomodation for 104 tourists. It has two Rajasthani styled restaurant called Maharaja and Maharani. The train has a 7 nights and 8 days tour. It departs from New Delhi (Day 1), covers Jaipur (Day 2), Sawai Madhopur and Chittaurgarh(Day 3), Udaipur (Day 4), Jaisalmer (Day 5), Jodhpur (Day 6), Bharatpur and Agra (Day 7) and return to New Delhi (Day 8).