purpose and visit Lok Kala Mandal collection of folk art items like folk
dresses, ornaments, puppets ,masks, dolls folk musical instruments, folk
deities and paintings. Opened seven days a week, puppet shows and folk
dancing are conducted every evening from 1800 to 1900 in an adjacent open
air theatre. & Shilpgram to see the village arts & crafts. Followed by visit to
Eklingji & Nagda Temples - built in white marble with a double storied porch
on the bank of Lake Bageela - 22 kms from Udaipur. Overnight at Udaipur.
Day 5:
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After breakfast drive to Jodhpur En route visiting the Jain
temples at Ranakpur Temples of 12 Century - The cluster of
temples, made of intricately sculpted white marble, built out of
marbles with 108 carved pillars each carved
differently from others, Come across as a marvellous feat of architecture. One
can have lunch at Maharani Bagh Hotel in Ranakpur and visit to local families
on the way. Later continue to proceed to Jodhpur. On arrival transfer to the
hotel. In the evening visit to Umaid Bhawan Palace which is a majestic
Palace building that presently functions as a hotel and museum. Later take an
excursion tour to the Heritage Palace of Balsamand - 20 kms away over
looking the lake of Balsamand. In the evening you may opt to visit at On The
Rocks a garden restaurants serving ethnic food followed by live music and
folk dance. Located at Ajit Bhawan. Later return to the hotel for overnight
stay.
Day 6:
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After an early breakfast take a sight seeing tour of Jodhpur
visiting Mehrangarh Fort, Jaswant Thada (Mausoleums of the
great Rajput Warrior) and Umaid Bhawan Palace Museum.
After lunch, drive to Jaisalmer. En route visit to Osian
Village, ruins of an ancient city called Osian, an oasis in the desert, a drive to
this ancient township takes one past undulating terrain, punctuated by desert
stretches and little hamlets. Osian has 15 beautifully sculpted Jain and
Brahmanical temples. Of these, the most outstanding ones are the earlier
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