Hey guys,
so we continued our journey through Rajasthan by making a day-trip to Ranakpur, which was host to a beautiful Jain temple, Kumbalgarh Fort and various other historical site seeing locations. Ritesh, the research assistant in our lab decided to join us as well (which was great cause I was able to retire my duties for the weekend as the designated translator between locals and Jon, Allen and Malini - yeay). We started our journey with the main attraction, the Jain Temple (Adinath temple - I believe, but don't quote me on it). As usual, its beauty blew our minds!!! I won't even bother describing it... just look at the pictures. Allen unfortunately wore shorts and was almost not allowed to enter the temple when our driver offered him spare pants (hence the white on white fashion statement). After spending several peaceful hours at the temple we continued onwards to Kumbalgarh which was built between 1443-1458 (thats pretty freaking old). The hike up to the fort was pretty tiring in the blazing sun but it was well worth it when we got to the top (cool air). Anyways, thats our Ranakpur trip in a nutshell. Here are some photos.
so we continued our journey through Rajasthan by making a day-trip to Ranakpur, which was host to a beautiful Jain temple, Kumbalgarh Fort and various other historical site seeing locations. Ritesh, the research assistant in our lab decided to join us as well (which was great cause I was able to retire my duties for the weekend as the designated translator between locals and Jon, Allen and Malini - yeay). We started our journey with the main attraction, the Jain Temple (Adinath temple - I believe, but don't quote me on it). As usual, its beauty blew our minds!!! I won't even bother describing it... just look at the pictures. Allen unfortunately wore shorts and was almost not allowed to enter the temple when our driver offered him spare pants (hence the white on white fashion statement). After spending several peaceful hours at the temple we continued onwards to Kumbalgarh which was built between 1443-1458 (thats pretty freaking old). The hike up to the fort was pretty tiring in the blazing sun but it was well worth it when we got to the top (cool air). Anyways, thats our Ranakpur trip in a nutshell. Here are some photos.
Great blog and photos! You are so lucky folks to see this beautiful site!
ReplyDeleteWe are also looking forward to our NS & PEI trip in next 2 days!!
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