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Once
this was the place to be- the city where India’s rich and famous
merchants lived. Loaded with money as their wares-laden caravan
crisscrossed the entire Asia and beyond, they set the living styles.
Even after their families dispersed later to various parts of India
due to exigencies of trade, their houses or havelis continue to
inspire awe. For apart from being witness to benumbing luxuriant
life styles, they serve as exquisite chronicler of those life and
times.
How to Reach there
BY AIR - Jaipur is the nearest airport and is connected to
other cities in the country.
BY RAIL - Jhunjhunu is the nearest convenient railhead and
one can take trains for Sikar, Jaipur, and Delhi from Jhunjhunu.
BY ROAD - Mandawa is well connected with other places in the
region by private as well as government buses.
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Places
Mandawa fort
offers every traveler what they look for - a sense of
exploration and discovery at every turn. Revel in the
munificent views of the town below from the battlements. Run
into a whimsical peacock weather van. An arched window
overlooks the verdant garden where can b e found -if you are
lucky - dancing peacocks. Moreover, you will find no two
rooms similar in the palace here. In the zenana or women's
quarters, one room offers antique murals, another has a
marble fountain. The turret room has seven feet thick walls
.Its easily explained if we remember that marauding bandits
once roamed freely here combined with the endless wealth of
the merchants here.
The
Binsidhar Newatia Haveli gives a glimpse of keeping up
with Joneses by the merchants in the form of some curious
paintings on its outer eastern wall. Typically European
scenes like a boy using a telephone, and a European woman in
a car driven by a chauffeur are portrayed here
On the other hand, the Gulab Rai Ladia Haveli hides
some defaced erotic images.
This
fantastic Railway Loop is a magnificent feat of engineering.
It becomes apparent as you watch the toy train winding its
way round the loop. It also affords a wondrous view of snowy
peak and town. |
Unique Shopping
- Always
insist on a bill for purchases made
- Purchase from reputed or recognized shops.
- Ensure RST/ CST registration numbers in a corner on the bill
sheet.
- Payments made by credit cards must have the amount mentioned in
words and numerical too.
- Always double-check the goods in the parcel before leaving the
shop or allowing it to be packed for dispatch.
- Ensure payment by credit cards is made only once for each bill.
- Wrongly made out bills must be destroyed there and then to avoid
double payment to the shopkeeper.
Do's and
Dont's
- Take
autorikshaws from pre paid kiosk wherever available.
- Otherwise settle the amount before embarking on the journey.
- Hire taxis from approved Travel Agency, RTDC or through Govt.
Tourist Reception Centres. |
