-| Rajasthan Tour | -
Rajasthan
is among the most popular tourist destinations in India. It is symbolised by
Thar, the great Indian deserts, places & forts and bold hues of trubans,
skirts and vail. Until a few duades back Rajasthan was a realm of kings and
princes and almost every hool and corner of this province has a piece of history
in form of same fort or palaces and each places has its own fascinating story
to tell. During medieval period, the places has seen many heroic battles and
the legends of the bravery of Rajasthan warriors are still capable of holding
a common man spell bound. To a tourist, Rajasthan is the epitone of royal luxury,
with its aburdance of palaces turned hotels as well as mansions of the rich
merchants that have been converted into hotels/resorts. There heritage properties
not only give a taste of sheer luxury,but also thake a person to the past, Besides
forts and palaces the state also boasts of spelendor temples and does gives
you a taste of tribal life (such as Bhils and Bishnoies) as well as wild life
in form of Ranthambore National Park (famous as habitate for Tigers) and Keolades
bird santuary,Bharatpur(famous for migrating birds specially rare Syberian Cranes.
JAIPUR:- Jaipur, the cpaital of Rajasthan also famous as "Pink City"
makes up the third corner of the "Golden Traingle" the Indian Toursim
Map. It is situated 300 km southwest of Delhi and 200 km west of Agra. "The
Pink City" actually denotes the old walled quarter of the city only that
houses major tourist spots including Hawa Mahal, City Palace, Observatory as
well as the orderly streets are lined with bright pink colours shops, where
one can buy the traditional art & crafts as well as embridered clothes etc.*
The major landmarks of Jaipur are:-
HAWA MAHAL (PALACE OF WINDS):- * In fort each quarter of the pink city
is centre of a particular commercial activity.For example, tripolio bazar sells
textile and household utential whereas for gems,ties and dyed saries onle has
to go th Johari Bazar. Hawa Mahal is Jaipur's most famous landmark with its
exquisite honey comb pink and white five storeyed facade, finely screened 593
windows complete this beautiful facade which is hardly more than one room thick
from inside. It was build in 1799 to facilitate the ladies of the court to watch
the market actvities and provisions without breaking the state of purdah.