Rajasthan Travels
Rajasthan is a largest state and leading tourism destination amongst all states of India
. Rajasthan is also popular for its vibrant cities, painted in their own traditional colours. Every city of Rajasthan has its own colour with the history associated with it. Jaipur is popularly known as the "pink city" due to its colour as most of the houses were made in red sand stone. Jodhpur is called as "Blue City" due to the colour of its own buildings painted in aqua blue colours , representing the caste and belief of the Brahmin (priest) people of Jodhpur in past time. Later people from all caste and belief fallowed the patterns and made the city blue. Jaisalmer is popularly known as the Golden city because most of the buildings of Jaisalmer are made of Yellow sand stones, turns on to golden glow when sun rays pour on the city.Rajasthan Tourism is the major source of foreign revenue of the state as it receives huge number of foreign tourists every year to see the majestic fort and palaces of Rajasthan. Rajasthan has a variety of tourism attractions including Fort & Palaces, Lakes, world famous Wildlife sanctuaries and National parks, Thar desert , sand dunes, worth seeing fair and festivals held round the year, major pilgrimage center like Pushkar, Ajmer etc, and enchanting hill stations like Mount Abu. No other state of India offers such variety of tourism attractions.
All the majaor cities of Rajasthan are well connected by Air, Rail and surface transportations. Jaipur is the capital city of Rajasthan. When it comes to the Rajasthan travels, Fairs & Festivals of Rajasthan makes it to worth visiting place. World renowned Pushkar Festival is also held here every year. There are several cattle fairs held in Rajasthan round the year. Rajasthani loves to celebrate and they express themselves in colour and sound not seen or heard elsewhere in the country.
People of Rajasthan express their joy through performing music & dance during the fair. The celebration of the festival provides the occasion for the people from all around to gather, as much for social as religious and commercial reasons. They use every possible transport at their command to make the journey. Camels, Elephant or bullocks are colorfully decorated to participate in parades or just to carry people.
If you are planning for Rajasthan Tours, you will experience the cultural richness in the society of Rajasthan. Rajasthan fabrics of culture are unique with its multifarious textures and folds, each with its own shade and beauty. Villages and the temples are also an important ingredient of Rajasthan tour packages and most the Rajasthan tour operators loves to pick them in their itineraries as they are widely appreciated by the travelers.
Jain temples in Rajasthan are very popular feature of Rajasthan Tourism. The temple of Ranakpur with their fine carving are a testimony to the Jain faith. Religious processions still mark a large number of festive occasions.
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