Monday 14 October 2013

Bikaner

Flat tyre on the way from Mandawa to Bikaner

Junagara Fort
Constructed in the 1500's by Raja Rai Singh, ruler of Bikaner and general in the army of the Mughal Emperor Akbar
Bhanda Sahah Jain Temple
The view of Bikener from the roof of the temple which the lovely and eccentric temple priest let us climb upto.
A cow
Karni Mata Temple (The Temple of Rats)
I may be smiling in this picture but I am not happy
In the 14th century Karni Mata's youngest son died. He was reincarnated as a rat. And she decreed that all members of her family would too be reincarnated as rats.
Another cow