Rajasthan
Land of Kings: Thar golden sand dunes, royal lake palaces, and desert fortress adventures
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Districts
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Destinations
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Sights
Land of Kings: Thar golden sand dunes, royal lake palaces, and desert fortress adventures
28
Districts
29
Destinations
119
Sights
1 destination · 7 sights
Alwar
“Museum in Ajmer”
Akbari Fort & Museum is a museum in Ajmer. It has been named Rajputana Museum. It was once the residence of Prince Salīm, the son of the Emperor Akbar, and presently houses a collection of Mughal and Rajput armor and sculpture. Construction of this had been commissioned by Akbar in 1570. This is the location from where Salim, as the Emperor Jahangir read out the farmân permitting the British East India Company to trade with India.
“Buddhist site near Bairat, Rajasthan, India”
Bairat Temple is a freestanding Buddhist temple, a Chaityagriha, located about a mile southwest of the city Viratnagar, Rajasthan, India, on a hill locally called "Bijak-ki-Pahari". The temple is of a circular type, formed of a central stupa surrounded by a circular colonnade and an enclosing wall. It was built during the time of Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE, and near it were found two of Ashoka's Minor Rock Edicts, the Bairat and the Calcutta-Bairat Minor Rock Edicts. It is the earliest circular Buddhist shrine and therefore, Bairat temple is an important marker of the architecture of India.
“Hindu temple in Rajasthan, India”
Bhand Deva Temple or Bhand Devara Temple, also known as Little Khajuraho as the 18th century main Hindu temple is built in the style of Khajuraho Group of Monuments, is a temple complex with one main shiva temple and two cave temples further uphill. It is on the banks of a meteor impact crater lake inside the 4 km wide Ramgarh crater about 40 km from the city of Baran, Rajasthan. It is located near Ramgarh village, between Mangrol 15 km to its west and Kuno National Park to its immediate East, in Mangrol tehsil of Baran district of Eastern Rajasthan.
“Hindu temple in Rajasthan, India”
The Kiradu temples are a group of ruined Hindu temples located in the Barmer district of Rajasthan, India. Kiradu town is located in the Thar Desert, about 35 km from Barmer and 157 km from Jaisalmer.
“Hindu temple in Rajasthan, India”
Karni Mata Temple of Deshnoke, also known as Madh Deshnoke, is a prominent Hindu temple dedicated to Karni Mata at the town of Deshnoke, located 30 km south of Bikaner, in Rajasthan. It has become the most important pilgrimage site for devotees of Charani sagatis after access to Hinglaj was restricted following the partition of India. The temple is also a popular destination for tourists and pilgrims and is renowned, both in India and internationally, as the "Temple of Rats" due to the numerous rodents known as kābā which are considered holy and treated with utmost care by devotees.
“Dam in Chittorgarh District, Rajasthan”
The Rana Pratap Sagar Dam is a gravity masonry dam of 53.8 metres (177 ft) height built on the Chambal River at Rawatbhata in Rajasthan in India. It is part of integrated scheme of a cascade development of the river involving four projects starting with the Gandhi Sagar Dam in the upstream reach in Madhya Pradesh and the Jawahar Sagar Dam on the downstream with a terminal structure of the Kota Barrage in Rajasthan for irrigation.
“Hindu temple in India”
Kalika Mata Temple is an 8th-century Hindu temple located within the Chittor Fort in the Chittorgarh municipality of Rajasthan state in India. It was originally a Sun temple which was partly destroyed in sack of Chittor, it was rebuilt during the time of Rana Kumbha. In the 14th-century, Maharana Lakshman Singh lighted a lamp called "Akhanda Jyoti". The goddess is worshipped by Gaur Rajputs as kuldevi. The goddess worshipped at this temple is an aspect of goddess Bhadrakali, also Known with a regional name "Chittodeshwari & Suryabharnini".
“Hindu Temple in Rajasthan, India”
Salasar Balaji Temple is a Hindu temple for the devotees of Hindu god Hanuman. It is located in the town of Salasar near Sujangarh, in Churu district of Rajasthan, India. The Hanuman Temple is situated right in the heart of Salasar town. Every year two big fairs are organized during the months of Chaitra (March–April) and Ashwin.
Jaipur
19 sights
Udaipur
17 sights
Alwar
7 sights
Bundi
7 sights
Ajmer
6 sights
Rajsamand
6 sights
Sawai Madhopur
5 sights
Chittorgarh
4 sights
Dungarpur
4 sights
Jodhpur
4 sights
Karauli
4 sights
Sirohi
4 sights
Bikaner
3 sights
Churu
3 sights
Jaisalmer
3 sights
Tonk
3 sights
Deeg
2 sights
Hanumangarh
2 sights
Jaisalmer
2 sights
Jalore
2 sights
Jhalawar
2 sights
Pali
2 sights
Sikar
2 sights
Baran
1 sight
Barmer
1 sight
Dausa
1 sight
Jhunjhunu
1 sight
Kota
1 sight
Nagaur
1 sight