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Jaislmer

2009-06-01T23:10:00.001-07:00

Jaislmer was founded by Rao Jaisal,JAislmer means ‘the hill fort of jaisal’.It is also called the golden city of India because it yellow sand gives it a yellowish-golden touch to the city and its sorrounding areas.Jaisalmer was one of the last states to sign a treaty with the British. During the british raj, Jaisalmer was the seat of a princely state of the same name, ruled by the Bhati clan of rajputs.

Jaisalmer is almost entirely a sandy waste, forming a part of the great Indian desert. The general aspect of the area is that of an interminable sea of sandhills, of all shapes and sizes, some rising to a height of 150 ft. Those in the west are covered with log bushes, those in the east with tufts of long grass.

Distances: New Delhi (864 km), Jaipur (558 km), Mumbai (1177 km), Ahmedabad (626 km).

Latest News Related To Tourism

2009-05-19T23:28:00.000-07:00

JAIPUR SEVENTH BEST TOURIST DESTINATION IN ASIA

A survey, conducted by travel magazine Conde Nast Traveller, has named Jaipur as the seventh best tourist city in Asia. In the survey there were more than 32,000 Conde Nast Traveller readers who answered for the best tourist places for the year 2008 Readers Choice Survey. Jaipur has bagged 76.5 percent of the total votes to rank seventh in the survey.

Other cities that have made in top 10 list of the magazine are: Bangkok, Hong Kong, Chiang Mai, Singapore, Kyoto, Shanghai, Jaipur, Tokyo, Hanoi and Beijing. Started in 1987, the magazine specializes in luxury travel and reviews of high-priced hotels, products, and services.

The pink city of India, Jaipur is a popular tourist destination for tourists from outside India and is a must see. Historically, founded in 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh, the ruler of Amber, Jaipur city today has a population of more than 5 million residents. Its pink stucco in imitation of sandstone makes it remarkable among pre-modern Indian cities.

First clone multi-plantation garden of Rajasthan to come up in Ajmer

To save regional flora in the land of Rajasthan, forest department took the initiative to establish Rajasthan’s first clone multi plantation garden in Ajmer. The garden would witness the growth of rare Ayurvedic species of semi desert region. More than 35 species of Ayurved has been identified in Rajasthan which are auspicious for Ayurved and homeopathy. The garden would develop mother plant and clone of endanger species.

One can take a turn to the foot hills of Aravllis and found dense plantation of vajerdanti, googal and chironj. They are the products which are costly and demanded overseas. The importance of these plants is that they are even used in Allopathic treatment.Like vajerdanti which is useful in toothpaste and mouth ulcer. The goggle plants which are important as anti biotic are now listed in rare species. The property of this plant is that it kills the germs in the air too.

A well equipped nursery would be prepared for the production of these plants in large number. In Ajmer only half a dozen verity of goggle grows. There are other species which are origin of desert land Jodhpur and Jaisalmer.
Meanwhile the department has identified Googra nursery situated on the gateway of Ajmer from Jaipur. People are not aware about the importance of goggle and therefore it is used as wood fuel in rural areas. The department has started preparing base material of this plant in the nursery.The theme of this garden will be to prepare a bank of plants. There are several varieties alone in the goggle and it is needed to develop and improve the species

Beside goggle the department would collect the plants of different species all around the state to cultivate more plants from it. From Kumbhalgarh ( Udaipur range) Salar plant would brought to cultivate in the nursery. From Chittorgarh Chironj and Gajrutsama from Jaiselmer would be brought to add in the species of multi plantation garden. Traversal Rajasthan Isis would be brought from Jodhpur and orojilam indicum from Banswara for the garden.

Pushkar Fair

2009-05-13T02:59:00.000-07:00

The Pushkar Fair is held at Pushkar town about 11 km away from ajmer.This cultural and trade cum religious fair is very attractive and lively with Rajasthani man and women in their colourful traditional clothes.
Pushkar fair is the largest cattel fair in the world and it attracts more than 1 lakh of people from every part of the world.Trading of cattel,camel races and dazzling display of bangles,clothes,camel saddles make the fair colourful.
Apart from the religious rituals and trading people also take part in various sporting events.The Rajasthan Tourism Development Cooperation has taken adequate measures to faciliate to facilitiate convinient access to the fair site.

Ajmer Hotels

2009-05-13T01:56:00.000-07:00

Ajmer hotels are mostly centered around the Dargah to provide easy access to tourists.While there aren't to many luxury hotels in Ajmer.You can take a pick from 3 to 4 star hotels located here.Pick a hotel in Ajmer which is close to the Dargah and other tourist attractions.Every hotel in Ajmer is fitted with basic amninties to make your trip comfortable.You can also book your hotels in pushkar.There are large number of good hotels in Pushkar also.

BEST BUY HOTELS IN AJMER:
1) Hotel Mansingh,Ajmer-Rs.1500/person on double sharing basis
2) Hotel Merwara estate,Ajmer-Rs.2000/person on double sharing basis
*******RATES ARE INCLUDING BREAKFAST AND TAXES*****
Rate valid till 30th SEP.2009