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Rajasthan is a
city where all the country's similes and
metaphors appear to have come together. Sand
dunes, wooded hills and amazing lakes, palaces
and rugged forts, men and women in colorful
turbans and skirts. The history of India dates
back almost five thousand years, and Rajasthan
plays a crucial and unique role, especially
with regard to the development of Indian
culture. Its impressive story reaches through
a heroic past. Its extravagant splashes of
bright hues against the desert landscape and
the purity of its dry and sandy reaches, the
miniature elegance of its small villages and
impeccably maintained forts brings alive the
story of the yore. The appearance of its grand
forts perched on rocky hills still tell the
story of the bravery of its men and the stoic
sacrifice of its women, and the chivalrous old
world manners of all. Amazing legends of
heroism and romance still resound from its
equally amazing architecture, that still
stands to narrate its tale of a bygone era.
The magic of Rajasthan is unequalled in the
world for its heritage, culture, safaris, sand
dunes and lush green forests with its
wildlife. Rajasthan is often expressed as huge
open-air museum with relic so well preserved
for the travelers and the curious of the day.
It is action-packed with outdoors too; take a
safari on horses, camels, elephants or even
jeeps with the Aravalis - India's oldest
mountain range in the backdrop, or caress your
eyes on the sloppy sand dunes, or trail a
tiger or just watch birds on wetland. Or you
can choose to pamper yourself in the lavish
heritage properties. The Various tours of
Rajasthan are:
Rajasthan is the 'Land of Celebration'. The
fairy-tale forts and palaces across its golden sands
conjure up endless fascinating images of chivalrous
kings, beautiful princesses and lavish darbars. The
mark of royalty is all-pervasive in this desert land
and is seen not only on the vivid frescoes and
murals of the palaces but also in the pomp and
pageantry of the brightly dressed people.
For What is referred to as a desert, Rajasthan is
amazingly populated: its Landscape scattered with a
number of villages and hamlets, telltale signs of
tree groves and populations of cattle being the only
indication that there is such a settlement in close
proximity. The typical village has always been
difficult to spot till one is actually upon it. Its
simplest hamlets, the most basic form of
civilization with a way of life that has probably
remained unchanged since centuries, consists of a
collection of huts that are circular, and have
thatched roofs. The walls are covered with a plaster
of clay, cow dung, and hay, making a termite-free
(antiseptic) facade that blends in with the sand of
the countryside around it. Boundaries for houses and
land holdings, called baras, are made of the dry
branches of a nettle-like, shrub, the long, sharp
thorns a deterrent for straying cattle.
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