My Son Anand Pranav studying 5th standard has written Rajasthan Tavelogue. We went recently for a family trip there. It was a good one, highly recommended for India Lovers!
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Some photos have caption worthy for travel information.
3 worthy videos are uploaded there. All 3 are good ones.
Rajasthan Travelogue by Anand Pranav.
We went to Rajasthan on 30 Sept 2014, and came back on 9th
Oct 2014.
Following places we went in Rajasthan
1.
Bikaner – 30th Sept to 1st
Oct.
2.
Jaisalmer – 1st Oct to 3rd
Oct
3.
Jodhpur – 3rd Oct to 4th
Oct
4.
Udaipur – 4th Oct to 6th
Oct
5.
Pushkar – 6th Oct to 7th
Oct
6.
Jaipur – 7th Oct to 9th
Oct
Bikaner:
Following places we went in Bikaner.
ü
Junagarh Fort: - Junagarh fort is a very large,
beautiful fort with a museum.
ü
Jain Temple: - It is full of natural paintings.
Its foundation is made with Ghee instead of water. It has an interesting story
behind this uniqueness.
ü
Mustache Man: - He has 2 meter long mustache. He
is a record holder for this. We took photos with him.
Jaisalmer:
Jaisalmer is called Golden city. The houses, monuments & fort is
golden colour. Because it is built with golden colour stone.
Following places we went in Jaisalmer.
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Golden Fort: - In the Golden fort, people were
selling things & living in that fort. That is why it is called Living Fort.
The fort is made up of golden colour stone.
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Thar Desert: - In the Thar Desert, we had a
camel ride. We went to the sand dunes by camel & played, rolled in the sand
dunes, saw the sun set & came back.
Jodhpur:
It is called Blue city. Because the external walls of the houses are
painted blue. At least one wall should be in blue.
Following places we went in Jodhpur.
Meharganj Fort: It is a 12 storey fort. From the top the city looks
blue.
Udaipur:
The Udaipur is called White city or Lake city. It has 5 large beautiful
lakes. All houses are painted white.
Following places we went in Udaipur.
Ø
City Palace: It was built by Udai Singh. The
whole palace is about Rana Pratap Singh. The palace is full of Ranapratap &
his battle paintings. Chethak is his favourite, most famous horse. Its model is
there.
Ø
Rope Way: We went on rope way. We saw the thick
forest beneath. We went to the Karani Matha Mandir there. The whole vista of
Udaipur we saw from atop the hill.
Ø
Jag Mandir: We went to the Jag Mandir by Boat.
It is a palace in the middle of the lake.
Ø
Ranakpur temple: It is built of white marble. It
is 10th century temple. It has very beautiful carvings.
Pushkar:
Following places we went in Pushkar:
Brahma Lake & Temple: This is the only place in the world where
they worship Brahma. We saw the ceremonial evening Aarathi done in the lake. We
participated in it.
Sriranganatha Temple: It is a very old, Srivaishnava temple. It has a
very large parikrama in a typical South Indian style.
Jaipur:
Jaipur is called Pink city. Because almost all monuments of
significance are pink coloured. It is painted pink.
Following places we went in Jaipur:
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Amber Fort: Just before the amber fort we went
to a large stepwell called Panna meena ka Kund. Inside the Amber fort, there is
a very large tunnel which goes till Jai Garh fort. It is about 15-16kms. The
fort is atop a hill. So it has old water lifting system.
v
Jaigarh Fort: In Jaigarh fort we saw a very
beautiful & a large cannon. They say it is first cannon. It has a very
large water tank atop the hill which can hold water for 10000 people for 10000
days!
v
Jantar-Mantar: It is built by Raja Jai Singh. He
was a great astronomer. He built this with great passion. Till recently it was
used by astronomers for accurate star study. In Jantar Mantar there is the
world’s largest Sun Dial.
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City Palace: Present Prince and Queen live
there. The other half is made museum. There is a textile museum & an armour
museum. In the textile museum, king’s & queens dresses are displayed. One
king was a sumo wrestler size. It is very funny to see his large sized dresses
including his pants.
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