India /Rajasthan /Ajmer /Pushkar Pushkar, Ajmer District, Rajasthan, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit Rangji Temple is dedicated to Rangji, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, the preserver of the Hindu Trinity. In 1823, the temple was built by Seth Puran Mal Ganeriwal and has a South Indian architectural style, though Mughal architecture peeks from some points. It […]
India /Rajasthan /Ajmer /Pushkar Pushkar, Ajmer District, Rajasthan, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit The Pushkar Bazaar offers a variety of items, especially during the annual Pushkar Fair. The items available here are Rajasthani costumes and puppets, embroidered fabrics, souvenirs, bangles and beads, decorative pieces and accessories, curios, embroidered shoes, brass utensils, glass lamps, bags, belts and […]
India /Rajasthan /Ajmer /Pushkar Savitri Temple, Kharekhari Road, Pushkar, Ajmer District, Rajasthan, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit Savitri Temple is dedicated to Savitri, Lord Brahma’s consort. It was built in 1687 and pilgrims need to trek up the hill in order to reach the shrine of the temple. The temple houses the statue of Goddess Savitri […]
India /Rajasthan /Ajmer /Pushkar Pushkar, Ajmer District, Rajasthan, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit The Brahma Temple is the lone Hindu temple in India where Lord Brahma, the Creator of the World is worshipped. This major attraction of Pushkar is situated on the banks of the Pushkar Lake and is considered to have a special position in […]
India /Rajasthan /Ajmer /Pushkar Pushkar, Ajmer District, Rajasthan, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit Pushkar Lake, Pushkar to be one of the most sacred lakes of India. According to legend, the origin of this lake was the lotus flower petals that fell on earth from Lord Brahma’s hands. The lake is enclosed by fifty two palaces, four […]
India /Rajasthan /Bikaner /Bikaner Rampuria Havelli, Joshiwara, Mohalla, Bikaner, Rajasthan. Edit Detail InformationEdit Bikaner is also famous among tourists for marvelous mansions (Haveli) which are a wonder in home architecture. Aldous Huxley a famous English writer, visited these havelis reportedly said “They are the pride of Bikaner”. The most famous cluster of havelies is the […]
India /Rajasthan /Bikaner /Bikaner Sadul Singh Museum, 1st Floor, Lalgarh Palace, Bikaner, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit Sadul Singh Museum covering the entire first floor of the Lalgarh palace is dedicated to the lives and exploits of three successive kings of Bikaner, Maharaja Ganga Sigh, Sadul Singh and Karni Singh. The Museum depicts these three kings and […]
India /Rajasthan /Bikaner /Bikaner Shiv Bari Temple, Jai Narayan Vyas Colony, Bikaner, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit Shiv Bari Temple, Built from red sandstone by Dungar Singh in the late 19th century, the temple is surrounded by a wall with battlements. It has a four faced black marble statue of Shiva and a bronze Nandi facing the Shiva […]
India /Rajasthan /Bikaner /Bikaner Sursagar, Bikaner, Rajasthan Edit Detail InformationEdit Sursagar was also known as ‘Tajuk-a-Sagar’ (as mentioned in book ‘jal and samaj’ by Brij Ratan Joshi). According to an old inscription the water of Sursagar was used for day today activities, drinking, generating electricity etc. The lake is 22,800 Sqm (approx.) in area of […]
India /Rajasthan /Bikaner /Bikaner Rajasthan State Archives, Hanuman Hatha, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit Rajasthan State Archives have in their custody some very precious administrative record of Mughal period like Persian Farmans, Nishans, Manshurs, Akbarat, Vakil Report, Arzdasht, Khatoot and the record created during administration of the Princely states of Rajasthan such as Bahiat, Pattas, Parwanas, […]