* 3 days in India
Our third day India we spent in Bikaner, we arrived at 12:30 pm, today the road to the city was mgliore than that connects Delhi to Mandawa.
to receive me in Bikaner Hotel was a representative of Shambhoo, who welcomed us and was made available for anything we needed!
But we are talking about ...
Bikaner
This is a city of about 700,000 and rises to the top of the Thar Desert and is uppena a hundred miles from Pakistan.
soon arrive is open-mouthed, our hotel was the residence of the last 900 marajah of fact the building was built in 1902 and inside there are lots of photos and objects marajah as well as countless hunting trophies, from the heads of
antelope, lions and leopards, (this thing we're sorry but there was a time of some interest for the Protection of Animals)
The palace is built with local materials that give the characteristic color of "SAND-STONE-PINK" but the thing that impresses is
the beautiful decorations and attention to detail, there is indeed a golden room that leaves you speechless.
The bedrooms are huge and in the evening, dinner is served in the courtyard where he also performed a folk group.
Junagarh
this is the name of the fort started in 1588 by Raja Rai Singh moved to a Marhajah Bikaner. Subsequently, the various general marhajah were different armies from Muslim to the British, in fact, the architectural styles of the strong melt and create a spectacular cocktail decorations, impressive is the collection of weapons, relics and objects of life Daily we have very curious!
Mata Temple
This is the so-called Temple of the mouse, here believers of Hindu Bikaner are to worship the Goddess "turika," and they feed the hundreds of mice that live in the temple, this is because a legend says that all people who die in Bikaner reincarnated in the temple and in mice when the mice die souls are reborn as children in Bikaner, also said that another leggebda
inside the temple they are 3 to 4 white mice that if someone can see will have much luck. When we arrived at the temple we have removed their shoes and entered, it was not a good feeling to walk on the rat droppings but Toccara did not seem that much, then suddenly federica ran out and went looking for to avoid the rats and their urine.
I was very happy to take pictures and Cristina, who meanwhile had a close encounter with a mouse, and then be lucky always sound like a pig and now happy as a rat.
The three animals characteristic of India that so far we have always found our way are:
Cows;
Camels;
e. .. squirrels.
Bhandasar
temple is the Jain temple of Bikaner dates back to the fifteenth century, particularly for its beautiful yellow stone reliefs painted in bright colors.
Legend has it that its foundations have been built using 48 tons of butter
clarified by a trader of donated time and
summer today, with the heat, the butter content under the pavement melts and you are likely to slip.
But the real attraction is the priest of the temple ... a type of Bolliwood, who has taken pictures and is nicely done picture.
Abhivyakti
a small shop run dall'assoziazione Urmul non-profit Trust which allocates the proceeds from the sale of cotton clothing products from the locals,
to disadvantaged children by giving them opportunities for education and medical care.
products are of excellent quality and prices are not exaggerated.
Bikaner Art Emporium
this is a health food store textiles, saris from here to sell mufflers, from rugs to bedspreads;
for prices we do not know if we can say whether they were good business but we are happy with our purchases, the sale
the boy is very Sveg, seems out of the drafting Donna Moderna!
Back at the hotel we left our room and we went shopping for dinner in the courtyard, where, in a magical atmosphere,
we enjoyed excellent Indian cuisine, enlivened by music and dances and pampered by a Rajasthani service by real marahajah. This
lived with a bit of embarrassment, not being accustomed to such luxury and so much attention!
then sleep in our huge room!
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