Unseen Rajasthan Special-Galta The Monkey Temple.

HISTORY

Located amidst stark surroundings, the shrine of Galta, also known as 'the Monkey Temple', cuts a spectacular spectacle. Perched on the crown of a mount, the temple, is located at close quarters from the beautiful Sisodia Rani-ka Bagh. It is said that the hallowed portals of the temple played host to the penance rituals of God man Galava. This shrine also used to register huge footfalls from the devotees of Lord Krishna, belonging to the religious order of Ramanand.

Visitors from all across the world troop to the sacred precincts of the temple devoted to the Sun deity. The brainchild of Diwan Kriparam, an attendant to Sawai Jai Singh, the Second. A trip to the temple of the Sun God, is guaranteed to be an unforgettable experience. The eastern portion of its holy precincts comprises interesting architecture. Consisting of three water bodies, drawing their regular source of water from the gaumukh, these are star attractions of the temple. This was built in keeping with the social norms of the times, an age when separate bathing ghats were designated for men folk and women folk. The lowermost water body is devoted to Lord Hanuman.

Entrance

Umbrellas

Temple GateGate to Pond

Few More UmbrellasThe Sacred PondMonkey's Playing.

This is a lovely place to visit.

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Tiger National Reserve-Sariska

Sariska Tiger Reserve is well nestled in the Aravali Hills covering 800 sq km area divided into the grasslands, dry deciduous forests, sheer cliffs and rocky landscape. Whether you want to have camel safaris, go out for shopping in the surrounding places, visit medieval palaces or wildlife watching; Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary is the best place for you.

Nearly 90% of the area in the sanctuary is covered with dhok trees accommodating various wildlife species. A variety of other wild animals like the leopard, sambhar, chital, nilgai, four-horned antelope, wild boar, rhesus macaque, langur, hyena and jungle cats are found in the Sariska Tiger Reserve apart from the tiger. The Sariska National Park is home to India''s largest population of peafowl, and harbours quail, sand grouse, golden- backed woodpeckers and crested serpent eagles, among other species. Also the Siliserh Lake on the edge of the park has a large number of crocodiles.

The Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary houses the ruins of medieval temples of Garh-Rajor that date back to the 10th and 11th centuries. Also a 17th century castle on a hilltop at Kankwari provides a panoramic view of flying vultures and eagles. The Sariska was declared a sanctuary in 1955 and attained the status of a National Park in 1979.

Sariska park is home to numerous carnivores including Leopard, Wild Dog, Jungle Cat, Hyena, Jackal, and Tiger. These feed on an abundance of prey species such as Sambar, Chitel, Nilgai, Chausingha, Wild Boar and Langur.

Hills Of Sariska
Way to National Park
Safari in Forest
Waterfall in National Park
Hill
River inside Forest
Core Area
Old Tree
Pandupole Temple
Royal Heritage Sariska Palace
Night View Of National Forest
Me Ready For Safari

Finally Another Journey is over.Hope you will enjoy it too..

Source: sariskanationalpark.com and ranthambhorebagh.com

Unseen Rajasthan Special-India's Most Haunted Place Bhangarh.

History

Bhangarh is a place between Jaipur and Alwar in Rajasthan state of India. Today Bhangarh is known for its ruins where nobody dares to go after dark, but is worth a visit; in fact the place is beautiful and tranquil. What remains though, is a shadow of a once beautiful kingdom.

Passing by Bhangarh, banyans and temples dot the landscape and one chhatri can be seen up on the hill. The most remarkable are the temples of Gopinath, Shiva (Someshwar), Mangla Devi and Keshava Rai. Other more or less preserved buildings are e.g. shops along the main road, several havelis, a mosque, and a palace. The palace was protected by two inner fortifications across the valley. The town is separated from the plain by ramparts with five gates. Bhangarh is also a pre-historic site.

This town was established in 1573 (VS 1631) during the rule of Raja Bhagwant Das and it became the residence of his second son Madho Singh. Madho Singh was younger brother of Emperor Akbar’s General Man Singh I of Amber. Madho Singh participated in many campaigns with his father and brother. The next ruler of Bhangarh was his son Chhatr Singh. Bhangarh slowly declined after Chhatr Singh's violent death in 1630. Near Ajabgarh was founded by Ajab Singh, the son of Chhatr Singh. When Mughal Empire became weaker after the death of Aurangzeb, Jai Singh II attached Bhangarh to his state by force in 1720. After this Bhangarh diminished in population, and when the famine of 1783 (VS 1840) fell on the land the town was abandoned, and has remained a ruin ever since.

Entrance To The Fort

Legend has it that due to a curse of Guru Balu Nath, the whole town was vacated overnight. Balu Nath sanctioned the establishment of the town but said: "The moment the shadows of your palaces touch me, the city shall be no more!" Ignorant of such foreboding, one ambitious descendant raised the palace to such a height that its shadow reached Balu Nath's forbidden retreat and the town was devastated. The small samādhi where Balu Nath lies buried is still there.
The other myth is as follows: The charm of princess of Bhangarh Ratnavati was said to be matchless in all of Rajasthan. Being eighteen years old, the princess started getting matrimonial offers from other states. In the same region there lived a tantrik, a magician well versed in the occult, named Singhia who was desperately in love with the princess knowing that he would never be allowed to even see her, let alone meet her. One day, he saw the princess' maid in the market buying scented oil for her. Seeing this, he got an idea by which he could meet the princess. He used his black magic and put a spell on the oil which would hypnotize the princess by her merely touching the oil, and she would surrender herself. The princess foiled this plan though. She had seen the tantrik enchanting the oil, and she therefore threw it away, whereupon the flagon rolled over a stone. As soon as the oil touched the stone, it started rolling towards the wicked tantrik and crushed him. While dying, Singhia cursed the palace with the death of all who dwelt in it, without any rebirth in their destinies. The very next year there was a battle between Bhangarh and Ajabgarh and no one survived, not even the princess Ratnavati.

Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has put up a signboard at Bhangarh stating (among others): "Entering the borders of Bhangarh before sunrise and after sunset is strictly prohibited."

Some people who visit this place say that there is a strange feeling in the atmosphere of Bhangarh, which causes symptoms of anxiety and restlessness. Nevertheless, most of people like Bhangarh, and even those who went there at night didn't notice anything strange.

Entrance to the Fort Premisis
Ruined Temple.
Lord Shiva Temple
King's Palace(Now Ruined)
Old Store Room
Manually controlled machine .

This machine was basically made for crushing and mixing the stones and sand for construction purpose.Roller and sticks are the two major parts that works.

Old Gate
Old Gate
Architecture
Holy Cow Statue

Villagers worshiping God
Pond Near to Temple
Monkey's Eating
Old Shop
Old Shop
Umbrella

These umbrellas were made outside the fort for soldiers to take rest and to keep eye on the enemies .

Camel Kid

Me On the Top

Finally Another trip is over..Hope you All Will Enjoy it.

Data Source:Wikipedia

Unseen Rajasthan Special-Puskar

History

Pushkar from the hill top

Pushkar is a town in the state of Rajasthan in India. Pushkar means born due to a flower. Hindus believe that the gods released a swan with a lotus in its beak and let it fall on earth where Brahma would perform a grand yagna. The place where the lotus fell was called Pushkar. It is situated at 14 km North West from Ajmer and is one of the five sacred dhams (pilgrimage sites for devout Hindus.) It is often called "Tirth Raj" - the king of pilgrimage sites - and has in recent years become a popular destination for foreign tourists.

Pushkar lies on the shore of Pushkar Lake. It has five principal temples, many smaller temples and 52 ghats where pilgrims descend to the lake to bathe in the sacred waters. One of the primary temples is the 14th century temple dedicated to Brahma, the Hindu god of creation. Very few temples to Lord Brahma exist anywhere in the world. Other temples of Brahma include those at Besakih in Bali, Bithoor in Uttar Pradesh, India, village Asotra near Balotra city of Barmer district in Rajasthan and Prambanan in Indonesia.

Pushkar is also famous for its annual Pushkar Camel Fair.

Pushkar Temple Entrance

This is the entrance of Pushkar Temple-Lord Brahma(The Generator Of Universe).Photography inside the Temple is strictly prohibited.Thousand of people from all across India come to visit this Temple.

Outside view of The Temple

This Temple has its unique identity and is world famous.It is said that all the wishes come true if a person comes with real spirit and dedication.

Ghats(Land near by river) of Pushkar

The above photo is of The Pushkar Ghat.This is the place where the worshipers of God come to take bath as they believe that in this pond drops of nectar (A Drink With Which A Men Never Dies) Fallen down at the time of war between the God and the Evil Powers.Also people come to do the last rituals of a person after the death to make his/her soul free from this world.Old people say that if the ash is dissolved in the Holy River the Soul gets into the Peace.You can see the crowd this is nothing else but the people taking bath and praying the God to provide the peace to their loved ones who are no more.People also take general bath here as they beleive that all the sins they have done will be forgiven by the God.

Another Temple of Pushkar

Holy Tree

This is the Holy tree and is worshiped in the same manner Indian people do to God.You can see the color marks on the tree this is the symbol of holiness.Yello line is known as "Chandan" or Sandal in English .This is one thing without which Indian worshiping is not complete as Indian God Likes it.

Pushkar Sun Set

This photograph is from thr Top of the hill where temple of Godess Durga is established.You can see the houses in the photographs as this is taken from very height.The sunset in Pushkar is one of the best in India.

Sadhu in Pushkar

Pushkar is a place where you can find all tyoe of people i.e. rich,poor,sadhu,saint,priest,beggers and many more.It is more a amazing place as you can really find different kind of people who are quite diffeent from the normal human world.But they are amazing.

Rajasthani Man Playing Indian Guitar

This is a tribal man and is playing the traditional instrument "Sarangi" Which means an instrument that pleys seven sounds.He plays it really very nice.You can get it for around 300 Indian Rupees.

Sapera(A caste who worship Snakes)

This is the photograph of a"Sapera".They are one of the tribes who worship the snakes.The instrument in his hand is known as "Been" which is used to control the snakes as said that When he plays the " Been" the snake starts dancing.This is what i have seen but scientifficaly the snake moves because the man moves his instrument here and there and as snakes are sensitive so they move and people say it dances.Great..

A Kid Dressed up like Lord Shiva.

Close Up

This is a Small kid dressed up like Lord Shiva.You can see he has got his body painted with blue color and is wearing the skin of tiger(not real) with a Arrow with three edges ,necklace.On his forehead there is a eye.It is said that Lord Shiva Is very powerful and has three eyes out of which he never opens third one.But when he opens it the universe gets over as he is Also the Destroyer as per the Indian Mytology.

Angry Lord Shiva

When i requested him for another photograph he tired to scared me.

One more Lord Shiva

This child is so innocent.He is not at all interested to be like that but his parents forcefully has made him to be like this so that people can offer him some money.As India is a spiritual county so they get good amount of money in festival time.But ethically this is not good.Kid deserves the right to enjoy his life.

Traditional Rajasthani Dance Kalbeliya.

This dance is known as "Kalbeliya" and is performed by a tribe known as "Banjaras"."Banjaras" are nomad in English.They dnt stay in one place for a long time.This Is the State dance of Rajasthan.This is now a days performed in some festivals (traditional) only.

Camel with Kids

Camel with the Owner

This is one of the Most Beautiful animal of Rajashthan.Known as Camel or ship of desert.World's biggest cattle fair hels in Pushkar only and thousand of Beautiful camels come and are sold and purchased.You can see the Beautifully decorated Camel.

Traditional Men on Camel In Pushkar Sand Dunes.

People in Rajasthan generally use Camel as a mean of transportation.But you can also enjoy the Desert Safari on the Camel in the Sand Dunes of Pushkar.It is really an amazing experience to sit on camels.

A Traditional Rajasthani Man Showing His Long Moustaches

These kind of scenes we can easily find in Pushkar Fair.People from entire Rajasthan come to Pushkar just to make purchasing of animals,seeds and other stuff used in farming.

Lord Rama Festival Celebration.

This is the photograph of a celebration in Pushkar on " Ram Navami" which is a Hindu festival.You can see the kids are dressed up like Gods and are sitting like they are in their Palace As they are remaking the past.

Me at Peace

Finally this is me.The Best time to visit this place is October and November.

My Journey to Pushkar is over but it was amazing.