Radjasthan ( राजस्थान ). A voyage to Radjasthan, India, Asia - Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Bīkāner, Pushkar, Mount Abu, Ajmer, Jaisalmer...

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Here the fearsome Rajput warrior clans ruled with gilt-edged swords, plundered wealth and blood-thick chivalrous codes.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimR_6cqvM6PdjwYeUAK25AFOecxlG33cbMTuoB1zPDJniOEmA1kXkql0-uYXA9dE6vB-rExPWA9xFx50SAU-ZANBTB1xZCWj3texslEuQdvg9io1HNgMQC8zr8CI26qyAiv8KMk_K-0Bhx/s1600/Rajasthan+India+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimR_6cqvM6PdjwYeUAK25AFOecxlG33cbMTuoB1zPDJniOEmA1kXkql0-uYXA9dE6vB-rExPWA9xFx50SAU-ZANBTB1xZCWj3texslEuQdvg9io1HNgMQC8zr8CI26qyAiv8KMk_K-0Bhx/s200/Rajasthan+India+1.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYASWptutQGfQYkpme0kIeGp4cWYZpWnNvuV0SMeggN-IlzxwQO7MdI8jsxVr42F1AcioUKKKgYqAf4LXuuqzOjZ1ZICVnQpbzJRM0zVmWmuorBIwiF9zMm7f-sb-mIZ-NCmjguQ7hAhOi/s1600/Rajasthan+India+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYASWptutQGfQYkpme0kIeGp4cWYZpWnNvuV0SMeggN-IlzxwQO7MdI8jsxVr42F1AcioUKKKgYqAf4LXuuqzOjZ1ZICVnQpbzJRM0zVmWmuorBIwiF9zMm7f-sb-mIZ-NCmjguQ7hAhOi/s200/Rajasthan+India+6.jpg" width="200" /></a> A vast and wonder-laced state with treasures more sublime than those of fable, the Land of the Kings paints a bold image. Compiling a must-see list in Rajasthan can cripple the fussy traveller: Meherangarh looming over bright blue <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=356466">Jodhpur</a>, the giant gold sandcastle at <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=356465">Jaisalmer</a>, the palaces and pageantry of <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=356462">Udaipur</a>, <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=356453">Pushkar</a>’s reverent yet carnival charm, the storybook whimsy of <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=356458">Bundi</a> and the <i>havelis </i>(traditional, ornately decorated residences) sprinkled through <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=356456">Shekhawati</a> – see them all, and you’ll see a month fly by faster than the express bound for <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=357183">Pakistan</a>.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8U04aev4RFCj_546x1emUuqYpk8sImgbfZVFTTskGDNAYh1rPOrLqZ3MAq7C2vKgfg1grwaM6EX291XKCyUuFC5Khmgkd-8dO7pi25h7MyBsEKws0LDUIFz_jjDIMCh0oSLRXsA5g-gIA/s1600/Rajasthan+India+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8U04aev4RFCj_546x1emUuqYpk8sImgbfZVFTTskGDNAYh1rPOrLqZ3MAq7C2vKgfg1grwaM6EX291XKCyUuFC5Khmgkd-8dO7pi25h7MyBsEKws0LDUIFz_jjDIMCh0oSLRXsA5g-gIA/s200/Rajasthan+India+9.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1Z9rEhaqIxHEeHHiDTHG-H56lHnF_OuuyhS98BhFm46-wUSw5Pfjhuo9q-75V1hUyACLIdxgwqrcrkf7AlZ7CX9TGiIV51yiYMaBSE5xC9PPV9q_U2esO_U2esehyphenhyphenEtdkeuZi4wxc3ZP/s1600/Rajasthan+India+32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1Z9rEhaqIxHEeHHiDTHG-H56lHnF_OuuyhS98BhFm46-wUSw5Pfjhuo9q-75V1hUyACLIdxgwqrcrkf7AlZ7CX9TGiIV51yiYMaBSE5xC9PPV9q_U2esO_U2esehyphenhyphenEtdkeuZi4wxc3ZP/s200/Rajasthan+India+32.jpg" width="200" /></a> Like a microcosm of Mother <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=356195">India</a>, there’s also abundant wildlife and warm people, glitz and camels, soulful music, glittering saris, tottering turbans and a surprisingly rich cuisine.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVAKXBhrL-FHFaWAg9un_irHVVPcfxcP9swD4_3APcUoegYo0M2Sg9zpmtGDvf-12rMdI6dU96zEDVrstIHkQ9uddz8vZeIWjmuePV0iph1h2W9VNzgKhs60muah2Bo5d6r5mZ300lqRJ5/s1600/Rajasthan+India+33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVAKXBhrL-FHFaWAg9un_irHVVPcfxcP9swD4_3APcUoegYo0M2Sg9zpmtGDvf-12rMdI6dU96zEDVrstIHkQ9uddz8vZeIWjmuePV0iph1h2W9VNzgKhs60muah2Bo5d6r5mZ300lqRJ5/s400/Rajasthan+India+33.jpg" width="297" /></a>Yet Rajasthan’s largely rural population has grown tired of its own backward-looking image. <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=356451">Jaipur</a>, the dusty pink capital, has rapidly become a fast-paced, modern Indian city, and literacy has made a rapid rise in the region. While the land is invariably harsh and droughts are a constant menace, imaginations are now fixed firmly on the future.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEH6mRs_abCu6RM-mYqlnYJVGfDhbY82hFZYLdT9cWfIqFgU48J3NM41ABIwY2A4bRoba6fVqSXQj4D4CPYNR0slGoDInPCOpZkW0mtAFkSpo95i-aa38Y4DuioLZXUH2nXGEqRWeFHbZ/s1600/Rajasthan+India+22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEH6mRs_abCu6RM-mYqlnYJVGfDhbY82hFZYLdT9cWfIqFgU48J3NM41ABIwY2A4bRoba6fVqSXQj4D4CPYNR0slGoDInPCOpZkW0mtAFkSpo95i-aa38Y4DuioLZXUH2nXGEqRWeFHbZ/s200/Rajasthan+India+22.jpg" width="163" /></a>The state is diagonally divided into the hilly southeastern region and the barren northwestern Great Thar Desert, which extends across the border into <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=357183">Pakistan</a> – now accessible via train. 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