BitsianTrip-Rajasthan Trip

5th Trip (5th Year 1st Sem)

JODHPUR-BARMER-NAKODA-JAISALMER-BIKANER (29th Oct – 2nd Nov)

Route: RP Bhavan-Pilani-Jhunjhunu-Sikar-Salasar-Jodhpur

Members: Abhishek Verma, Chandan Maloo, *Arvind Jain (*till Barmer)

Cost: Rs. 2000+

What can I say about this trip. This trip was the most beautiful awesome trip of my BITSIAN life, ya the River Rafting experience, still remains at the top rated list...but i think there should not be any comparisons or rankings as such..

Jodhpur: (12 hour journey from Pilani. Cost: Rs. 200.) (30th Nov)

It was above our expectations. I didn't expect anything of it. Since Arvind Jain my junior of HPC forced me & Abhishek wanted to got to Barmer. Arvind's native place & see his future fiancé. So we went to Jodhpur instead of Bikaner first.

Jodhpur is called the Suncity “Suryanagari”. Its a very NEAT & Clean city. With most of the houses made of sandstone...all the houses are worth giving a look...adding to Jodhpur's beauty.

Ummed Palace, Mehrangarh FORT, Mandur Gardens, Sagmarmar Area, all these places are really worth seeing. After seeing the Magnificent Ummed palace, I & Abhishek really decide to have our Honeymoon in this Palace, “Shahi Honeymoon” What can I say about this palace I don’t know, the snaps will tell how big it is & how great it looks.

Barmer-Nakoda (4 & half hour journey from Jodhpur) (31st Nov Dhan Teras)

We met Arvind Jain's Fiance & we were treated in such a manner its unbelievable “Marwari Mehmannawaji” is really one of the best. Nakoda & Barmer have very good Jain temples to see...

Jaisalmer: (Approx 160 Kms from BARMER, 1st Nov. Deepavali Day)

Most of the HDC guys of our gang have gone to this place. This Golden City is really looks like “Sone ka Jaisalmer” in the early Morning or just at the end of Sunset. Patwa Haveli, Nathmal Haveli are true examples of artistic beauty. Sonar Killa & the Jain Temples of Amarsagar, Laudravpur, Brahmasar & SAM--the sunset point are worth visting & spending Money. Sonar Kila & the 8 Jain temples inside the fort...are really marvelous. There are around 6636 Jain Idols in Jaisalmer. All the ancient original Jain Literatures & Sutras are preserved here in Ghyan Bhandar inside one of the Temples inside Sonar Killa. All these are a depiction of how rich our culture is & how deep rooted our Arts is. I really feel we should take at least one COURSE on Indian Historical Arts & research should be done on it. Its worth knowing how people reached such pinnacles of Art & produced such Artistic Beauties & how it really survived these many years. Ultimate Experience, I can say.

Incident_Diwali: An Interesting thing happened in Jaisalmer. Our plan was to stay in Jaisalmer for one day & then at night catch a bus for Bikaner. Since it was Diwali that day, so all road travel services were closed. "RAMA SHAMA" a day after Deepavali everything is closed in Rajasthan. So we had no clue than to wait in Jaisalmer. But that extra day was worth otherwise we would have missed the 8 Jain Mandirs which had really some superb artistic work done on them. The Carvings, Domes were God level. Also we were able to see the Ghyan Bhandar which is the oldest record of all Jain Literature’s.

BIKANER: (Approx 320 Kms from Jaisalmer, 3rd Nov.)

This is the hometown, PAITRUK niwas-sthan of MALOO’s so from the 1st year onwards I had a desperate feeling to go there & this time I was successful in executing it. At first I was always ready but BABU (Abhishek) was not that serious about Bikaner at one moment we thought of gussing the Bikaner part & going back to Barmer & then back to Pilani via Jodhpur, with Arvind. But on my force & constant insisting he was ready.

Description: The RED City At 1st we thought Bikaner is famous for its "KARNI mata mandir" famous for rats freely roaming around...& Bikaner Bhujiywala...& “Bhandasur Jain temples”, But brothers this place I can say was the best place of trip...Really it deserves the BEST place visit award.

Junagarh FORT is the best fort of all the three that I had seen till now in the trip. Its construction took around 350 years. It’s not actually a fort, it more like a palace. What we think of Palace when hearing of it is what u actually get to see here. Beautiful paintings & Carvings, totally Nakshidar kaam, GOD level, Rani ka kamra aur kya nahi, SEXY experience. Junagarh fort is a must Visit. If u think Jaisalmer Fort, Jaipur fort are better, then Junagarh is there to challenge u & will make u rethink... It will really win your Heart... especially the Central Diwan Room & the artistic work of Gold paintings all around.

Lalgarh palace is also worth seeing. Lashmi narayan mandir is famous for its original gold paintings. Bhandasur Jain temple is famous since it is the oldest building of Bikaner & Also for its construction water wasn't used...GHEE 40 thousand KG was uses instead. There are around 24 Jain temples in Bikaner There is a camel breeding Centre in Bikaner & the SAM like thing of Jaisalmer also worth watching but since we had been to Jaisalmer first & also lack of time we didn't visit it...

Conclusion of trip: The Most successful trip having only 2 members. Explore India first rather than running for FOREIGN locations...I was just mesmerized with this...& we should really have a course on Indian fine arts...World Class Engineering examples are the cravings done at all these places...A must Visit for each of u..

Peculiarity observed: All the Houses in all the 3 places are made of sandstone. It really adds to the beauty of building. Also People of Rajasthan are really very friendly in nature. They will be always ready to help you & share there views with us. They will never guide us in any wrong direction.

EXPLORE & ENJOY INDIA, PROMOTE INDIA - Truly world class Culture & heritage.