Saturday, 11 October 2014

Rajasthan Travelogue by Anand Pranav

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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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.
-          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.
-          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:
v  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.
v  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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