Color coordinated city Every big city in Rajasthan is color coordinated. Wondering what I am talking about? See! Jaipur as pink, Jodhpur as blue and Jaisalmer as golden and finally Udaipur as white. Food Treat your taste buds to the royal taste of Rajasthan. For a South Indian like me, it was a blissful treat to have tasted so much of it’s delicacies. Indeed a Foodie’s heaven. Arts and Artifacts Whether it is the handcrafted wooden puppets or the metal…
Jodhpur The very name invokes images of blue city, mighty Mehrangarh fort and expansive Thar desert. Trust me! The grandeur and charm of the city will leave a permanent mark in your heart. But the blue lanes! I badly wish that it could have been maintained much better with proper drainage system. In a nutshell, a perfect amalgamation of old and new city brings to you the much famed Sun city, Jodhpur. Mighty Mehrangarh fort Perched on a hill top,…
Umaid Bhavan Palace Have you heard of a famine relief policy which gave rise to one of the largest royal residences of India? Well what?? This was my reaction in Umaid Bhavan palace while reading a piece of article in museum. For anyone who aren’t aware of the history behind the Umaid bhavan palace, the anecdote goes like this. Interesting Anecdote behind the palace When a period of draught followed by a curse of saint happened in Jodhpur, the farmers…
As we proceeded for an exotic stay in Jaisalmer desert camp, we observed the change of scenery slowly. Before heading to Desert in Jaisalmer, my imagination of desert was a stretch of barren, empty land with endless sand dunes eyes could see.But what awaited us in Thar desert was something different. There were barren stretches and then there were stretches filled with sands and desert plants too. I was stunned to see a different version of desert from what I…
As our flight landed in Chandigarh, we had half a day in hand to roam around. So we decided to get a teeny weeny experience of smoke free city of India. History behind the city Little glimpse of history behind the city is necessary to start with. At the time of Indo-Pak partition in 1947, when Pakistan was stamped out of western Punjab, the then capital of Punjab, Lahore, went to the other side. As Punjab in India was left…
