The
magic of Rajasthan is
unequalled in the world. Take a safari on
horses, camels, elephants or even
jeeps with
the Aravalis, or caress your
eyes on the sloppy sand dunes, or trail a
tiger or just watch birds in
the wetlands.
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More about Rajasthan
Climate
The climate can be
divided into four seasons:
Pre-Monsoons, Monsoon, Post-Monsoon and
Winter. Pre-monsoon (Apr-June)
the hottest
season, has temperatures rising upto 48
deg. celsius. In the desert, the
temperatures drop at
night and prevailing winds carry dust
storms (known locally as
andhi). Monsoons
are slightly cooler but humid.
Post-monsoon and winter
(Oct-Feb) are the best
seasons to visit
Rajasthan.
Language
Rajasthani, Hindi and
English (in tourist spots) are the main
languages.
Connectivity
Rajasthan
has a good inter city surface transport
system both in terms of railways and
road network. One of the best
ways to see rural life is by road. But the places are also
connected by air for those on the fast
track.
In Rajasthan, you can choose
to live like a 'maharaja' in the
lavish properties at Jaipur, Mandawa, Bikaner, Jaisalmer
, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Pushkar, Devigarh, Rohet
and Ranakpur. In a class
by themselves, the old family retainers render the
traditional Rajput hospitality to the
tourists at these heritage hotels and
resorts.
Rajasthan
is often referred to as huge open-air museum with several
majestic forts, intricately carved
temples, havelis (mansions) and step
wells making it a
paradise for an
architecture buff. Rajasthan boasts of national
parks at Bharatpur and
Ranthambore and many
sanctuaries, with
most of these
areas closed only briefly during the
monsoon. During monsoons and in
summer, you can visit the only hillstation in the
state, Mount Abu , the coolest place at this
time.
Known for its traditional,
colorful art work, the finest
bandhani work in
textiles comes from Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Barmer, Pali, Udaipur
and Nathdwara. The block, tie and dye,
Bagru
and
Sanganer prints, Zari
embroidery, and
the famous miniature paintings are all major
export products from Rajasthan.
Rajasthan is a shoppers' paradise,
with beautiful goods found at low prices.
The rural
areas are known for the art of silver smithy and a variety of
jewellery, from anklets to earrings to head
gears. Besides silver, some exquisite work in Lac
bangles, Kundan and
Minakari, enameled gold jewellery, uncut diamonds and
emerald-cutting are also very popular.
Wooden furniture, carpets, blue pottery are the other exclusive
products.
In Rajasthan, one thing that is not to be
missed is a traditional 'thali' meal. Lunch or
dinner is served by the local host in a steel
plate with an innumerable number of small
steel cups which contain the
entire flavour of Rajasthan in the form of
lentils, curries and
gravies.
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