Jalore - Heritage City of Rajasthan, India

There are countless places to visit in India, though people are not aware of maximum places. The reason is these secret destinations are not described or explored to global users. Today we are going to describe an Indian tourist place named as Jalor that is the important city of Rajasthan. This city is also identified as Jalore.

 

Geography: Jalore city is located closer to River Sukri. However, River Luni is also another closer holy river that people can visit. One of the big cities of Rajasthan Jodhpur is just 140 km away from Jalore. The development ratio of city is less so we can say its undeveloped city of India, though people from Rajasthan state are famous for their hospitality and traditional welcome.

 

Background of city: The ancient name of city was Jabalipura named after the saint visited city in such period. Jalore fort is popular among world travelers and because of fort it was identified to global users as Songir or Suvarngiri. Some people call the city as Golden Mount. City is having rich heritage values, but if we discuss about the historical background you will get bored. Now we will describe about few impressive tourist places of Jalore.

 

Top attractions of Jalore:
Topkhana: A spot located in the central part of city is first destination for travelers. The spot is known as Topkhana famous for Sanskrit school and temple of Raja Bhoj. Ruler Bhoj was famous for constructing schools in Ajmer, Dhar and Jalore city.

 

Jalore Fort: Rajasthan is full of forts and monuments and Jalore Fort is one of them. This fort is constructed under supervision of Paramaras in 10th century. This fort is having another name known as Golden Mount. It is the most secure castles in the country placed on the top of hill.

 

Sundha Mata Temple: do you love to visit holy places then attain to Sundha Mata temple of Goddess Chamunda Devi. Temple is at top of Sundha Mountain of Aravalli Ranges. Altitude of temple is 1220 meters from the sea level. The distance is little concern for the voyagers as travelers have to go for 105 km distance to reach the spot.

 

Neelkanth Mahadev: A village houses best temple of Neelkanth Mahadev is next place to visit. This shrine is positioned at the entry point of the village. Entry pillars are major attraction of the temple.

 

Jagnath Mahadev: One more temple of Jalore is Jagnath Mahadev built by Rudal Devi. Renovation of temple is done several times

 

There are many more spots where you can visit like Mosque of Malik Shah, Sire Mandir Temple, Lohanagarh of Jaswantpura, Fort of Kot Kasta, Fort of Bhadrajun, Jain temple at Bakra Road, Jahaz Temple at Mandwala, Jain Pilgrim Bhandavpur, Bawan Jinalaya Temple, Kirti Stambh, Nandishwar Deep Tirth and Sevada's Pataleshwar. Each destination is unique designed with best structural designs.

 

How to reach Jalore?
Jalore is turned as known city these days and many big cities are having direct trains and bus for Jalore. If you are coming from Delhi then you have to cover the distance of 658 kms. Reaching Jalore is possible from Jaipur (399 km away) and Ujjain (516 km far) as well.

 

By Air: Jaipur International airport is closest air hub to reach Jalore. You will get the private taxi from outer part of the airport. Jaipur city is properly connected to almost every city of India. You can get the flight from Delhi, Bangalore and many big cities for Jaipur.

 

By Train: Jalore railway station is available for you. This station is having direct trains from Ujjain, Jaipur, Jodhpur and many other cities. However you have to plan your trip in advance because nowadays people are reaching to Jalore in more strength.

 

By Road: Rajasthan Transport is having buses for Jalore from Jaipur, Jabalpur, Bikaner, Delhi, Mumbai and some more cities.

 

Reach this famous city and make your holidays memorable. Don’t forget to capture the moments in your camera. Happy journey, keep safe and spend more time at this peaceful place.

 

Pondicherry

Pondicherry is the well-known Union Territory of India, which is officially spelled as Puducherry. This small territory is comprised with four coastal region's Pondicherry, Mahé, Karaikal and Yanam. This most famous Indian tourist place is situated in Southern area.

Tourist can enjoy this coast-hugging city with royal structures, churches, sculptures and methodical planned city. The big channel National geography has described the Pondicherry as the glowing highlighted city of sub continental destination. This weekend destination can be attained easily from the closest cities like Bangalore and Chennai. Few key holiday spots in Pondicherry are Beaches, Auroville, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Monuments, Statue, Museums, Botanical Garden, Ousteri Wetland, National Park, Bharathi Park, Hindu Temples, Churches, Mosques,

Beaches: the top most four key beaches of Pondicherry are famous for tourism. The beaches known are Promenade beach, Serinity beach, Paradise beach and Auroville beach.

Promenade beach: this big beach is popular in Pondicherry, which is 1.5 km longer. Walking on the beach is amazing experience mainly the people who are new to beaches. Several landmarks in front of the sea are special things to visit like War Memorial, the Heritage Town hall, the Statue of Joan of Arc, the Mahatma Gandhi Statue, the Old Light House, Dupleix statue, the Old Customs House and many more.

Paradise beach: next popular beach is paradise that is just eight km away from Pondicherry. Tourist can stay in Chunnambar Resort and take pleasure of the amazing view of sea from the points. Though visitors have to use the boat to reach this beach, which is again a best feature for a tourist.

Auroville beach: beach situated at 12 km distance from the city is having shallow waters with tiny waves. Here tourist can enjoy the swimming in the open sea.

Serenity beach: users have to travel for 10 minutes to attain the beach.

Sri Aurobindo Ashram: this well known wealthy ashram was constructed in 1926 by Sri Aurobindo Ghose. He was the freedom fighter, philosopher, poet and yogi. This ashram is open for public between 8 am to 12 pm. Though it is closed from 2 pm and reopens till 6 pm. However, visitors should know that children below three years are banned to enter the ashram. Photography is permitted, but visitors should take the permission from the authorities.

Auroville: this experimental township is positioned eight km away from the Pondicherry city. Founder of Auroville was Mirra Richard, and year was 1968. Visitors can reach Matri Temple situated in the middle of city.

Statuettes and memorials:

Mahatma Gandhi's sculpture: the Statue of Mahatma Gandhi is four-meter longer surrounded by 8 granite poles. However, tourist has to travel for 70 km distance from Pondicherry.

Joseph Francois's statue is positioned in the beach road. Joseph was an essential part of the colonial past of Pondicherry. Joseph was the superintendent of Pondicherry from 1742 to 1754.

French war monument: The Memorial or monument of French war reminds us about the brave soldiers of Pondicherry. Constructed period of French war memorial was 1971.

Park's monument: the white building constructed at the time of Napoleon III rule in Pondicherry is special spot for a tourist. This monument is located in middle part of Bharathi park.

Museum: Pondicherry Museum is available with statues and sculptures constructed in Roman style. The rare bronzes and sculptures made of stone are provided by the Pallava and Chola dynasties.

Bharathidasan Museum: the former residence of the Pondicherry poet Bharathidasan is spot added to tourist list if Pondicherry.

Jawahar Toy Museum: the museum positioned near to the old lighthouse is special spot. This museum is open for six days in week and Monday is the holiday. The huge collection of the Indian toys in the museum is best thing.

Botanical Garden: park located at the south side of the New Local Bus Stand is another tourist spot. The access gate of the park is constructed in French architecture style. This French designed park was constructed in 1826 with some flower beds, pruned trees and stony lined paths. Tourist can take pleasure of the musical fountain of the recreational area, but that is active in the weekends only with 2 shows every evening.

Ousteri Wetland: the popular Lake of Pondicherry is situated at the north side. This lake is only 10 km away from the city. The land area of wetland is approximately 390 ha and countless marine species are available with ample of bird in sanctuary.

Bharathi Park: This Government garden is positioned in the green part of the Pondicherry Town. Watching the finest government architecture such as Lt. Governor's Palace, Government Hospital, parliamentary legislature, private club, Ashram and the old Hotel Qualité is good thing to watch near the park.

Hindu Temples: Sri Manakula Vinayagar, Varadaraja Perumal Temple, and Kanniga Parameswari Temple are shrine places where local and tourist both are reaching to take blessings.

Mosques: Meeran mosque, Kuthbha, and Kuthba Mosque are some more key spots of Pondicherry.

Attaining Pondicherry

By Air: The closest airhead to reach Pondicherry is Chennai. Chennai international airport is just 135 km distant. The direct flight to Chennai through the world is best way to reach Pondicherry (the best Indian tourist place). Direct taxies from airport to Pondicherry are also available.

By Train: Villupuram railway station is the closest big railway station. Trains from Madurai, Tiruchirappalli/Trichy, and Chennai are available to reach Villupuram. Direct trains from Bhubaneswar, Howrah, Mangalore, Yesvantpur Jn are available at intervals.

By Bus: state and private buses from Thanjaur, Chidamabaram, Tiruchirappalli/Trichy, and Coimbatore are available. Tourist might get the private buses from Madurai, Chennai and Bangalore to reach Pondicherry.