Rajasthan Travel Guide
Area: 342,239 sq km.
Population: 56.5 million.
Languages: Hindi, Marwari, and Rajasthani.
Capital: Jaipur
Literacy rate (2001): 61.03 %
Crops: Cotton, Millet, Oilseeds, pulses, wheat, and sugarcane.
Industries: Cement, Chemicals, Handicrafts, Sugar, and textiles.
Airports: Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Bikaner and Jaisalmer.
Festivals: Desert festival of Jaisalmer, Holi, Gangaur, Teej, Raksha Bandhan, Dussehra, and Diwali.
Rajasthan - An Introduction:
Amazing legends of heroism and romance still resound from its equally amazing architecture, that still stands to narrate its tale of a bygone era. The magic of Rajasthan is unequalled in the world for its heritage, culture, safaris, sand dunes and lush green forests with its wildlife.
Rajasthan is often expressed as huge open-air museum with relic so well preserved for the travellers and the curious of the day. It is action-packed with outdoors too; take a safari on horses, camels, elephants or even jeeps with the Aravalis - India's oldest mountain range in the backdrop, or caress your eyes on the sloppy sand dunes, or trail a tiger or just watch birds on wetland. Or you can choose to pamper yourself in the lavish heritage properties.The capital of Rajasthan is Jaipur, popularly known as the Pink City.
Gifted with natural beauty, a great history, splendid forts & palaces, colourful festivals & fairs, lively culture, varied landscape and thick forests, Rajasthan will never disappoint you. Miraculous legends of bravery and romance still resonate from its equally astonishing architecture that still stands to narrate its tale of a bygone era.
The magic of Rajasthan is unequalled in the world for its heritage, culture, safaris, sand dunes and lush green forests with its wildlife. Rajasthan is often articulated as a huge open-air museum with historical object so well preserved for the travelers and the curious of the day.It is action packed with outdoors too; take a safari on horses, camels, elephants or even jeeps with the Aravalis - the oldest mountain range of India in the backdrop, or caress your eyes on the sloppy sand dunes, or trail a tiger or just watch birds on wetland.
