 Rajasthan can easily be described as a colorful mélange. A trip to Rajasthan is a kaleidoscope in which you can have your fill of the golden sand dunes, folk dances and music, colorful cities, puppetry tradition that still lingers on.
Sand dunes of Jaisalmer
Jaisalmer is famous for its golden sand dunes. The images and associations with Jaisalmer are the beautiful desert, forts and splendid havelis. Go for a camel safari on the Sam dunes. Jaisalmer is also home to the Jaisalmer Fort or the Shonar kella, overlooking the golden city. You can also watch a celebration of contrasts during the desert festival, an event bursting at seams with colors, life and a saturnalia in contrast to the dry dunes.
Royal splendour of Jaipur
Start your offbeat Rajasthan tour with the capital city of Rajasthan, Jaipur. Jaipur is also known as pink city. It is famous for its pink buildings, its forts and palaces, and its vibrant markets. Witness the royal splendour of the rajas and maharajas of India when you visit these magnificent forts and palaces. The grandeur of these palaces will surely leave spell bound with the intricately chalked out designs of the palaces, the armoury used, the tiles and the motifs adorning these palaces. Visit the City Palace, which consists of many other small buildings, palaces and courtyards. The Hawa Mahal is another architectural marvel that would fascinate you. The building has tier after tier of 953 small casements and each one has a lattice worked pink window as well as small balconies. For having a look at the marvels of military architecture visit the Jaigarh Fort. This fort is built in an imposing way overlooking the city of Jaipur.
The holy spirit of Pushkar
This village is famous for the Pushkar Fair held during Kartik Purnima in November. The quaint village bursts with action and activity during the fair where traders, desert tribes and caravans meet for trading cattle, camels, sheep, clothes, goat, jewellery and spices. After 10 days of the festivities, which include music, camel racing, folk music and dance, everyone takes a holy dip in the waters of the holy Lake on the night of full moon or Kartik Poornima.
 The wild spirit of Sariska and Ranthambore National Parks
The Sariska National Park lies in the Alwar district of Rajasthan. The Park is famous for its tiger reserves and the ancient ruins it is home to. Indulge in things like wildlife photography here, watch the tigers and other creatures like panther, jungle cat, jackal, hyena, fox, sambhar, chital and wild boar. Ride through these wild lanes in your car and watch out for the ruins of Garh Rajor Temple, a temple dating back to 10th century.
The Ranthambore national Park lies near the small town of Sawai Madhopur. This park offers lots of scenic delights. Situated amidst mountain ranges of Aravalli and Vindhyas it has lots of lakes, roling grasslands and beautiful ravines and gorges. Also visit the majestic Ranthambore Fort situated within the park.
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