After a two tour of Mehrangarh Fort, I packed my camera and just drove 1 km to reach this temple type structure, which is also mentioned as The Taj Mahal of Marwar – Jaswant Thada I parked next to this magnificent statue of Rao Jodha (founder of Jodhpur) and paid Rs 30 to enter this…
Mehrangarh Fort – Now that’s a massive structure. I bet, on its best day more than 10,000 people use to work here. So far in my previous two posts, I have shared details on the seven gates and beautiful sites of Shringar Chowk. In this third & final post of three part series, I have shared pictures of palaces…
As Mehrangarh Fort is not just a 30-minute tour, type of site. So, you must keep two hours aside to explore this huge castle. Similarly, I have to share my trip to Mehrangarh Fort in three different posts. Here is the link to post 1, that share all the features, pictures of the outer structure of Mehrangarh…
In Jodhpur, there are two buildings which one can see from any three storey apartment. One is the Umaid Bhawan Palace, which is now a 7-star hotel and second of the astonishing Mehrangarh Fort. I arrived Jodhpur from Pushkar which is a 4 hours road trip, as Jodhpur is 200 km away. Now you may know that…
Pushkar, the holy city of Brahma (creator of the Universe) or as per my experience, a town of Hindu, Hebrews and Hippies. I visited Pushkar last month as I was on my way toward Jodhpur via Jaipur. Now there are many historical facts about Pushkar & the most common ones are: Well for more history lessons,…
City Palace in Jaipur has been the home of Jaipur Darbar (royal family of Jaipur) since 1732 AD. The royal family still lives in this complex, but the sole difference between 1732 and 2016 is that Democracy happened. The owners are not the monarchs of Jaipur anymore but still are great people. This was my…
150 km from Jaipur, I traveled to visit a city named as Todaraisingh (Tonk district). I was here to visit one more stepwell which is “Hadi Rani ka Kund.” Hadi Rani ki kund or Hadi Rani ki baori is an 800-year-old stepwell, and it came in limelight when a scene from Shahrukh Khan started movie…
Just 40 km from Kota city there is a Gigantic cliff which came to limelight after the TV commercial shown on Rajasthan tourist sites in early 2016. So as I was in Bundi to collect the images of Raniji ki baori stepwell & other sites as well, it would be a bad decision, not to visit…
Well, Bundi’s isn’t as popular as Jaipur or Jaisalmer, but for the fans of Rupert Kipling, it’s a city which they all would love to visit. Yes, the Nobel Prize winner author Rupert Kipling (writer of famous novels like The Jungle Book & Kim), stayed in Bundi for two years and in his words, Bundi…