DR L.P. TESSTORI AN ITALIAN SCHOLAR, WHO CAME TO BIKANER IN 1915 AD, IS POPULARLY KNOWM FOR HIS GRATE CONTRIBUTION TO BARDIC LITERATURE OF THIS REGION. DR. TESSITORI HIS GREAT PHILOLOGIST AND ARCHAEOLOGIST, WHO CONDUCTED EXCAVATIONS, BADRIC SSURVEYS AND TRANSLATED SEVERAL MANUSCRIPTS AND LITERARY WORKS. HE WORKED AND DIED IN BIKANER. HIS GRAVE IS SITUSTED NEAR CIRCUIT HOUSE, BIKANER

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Sight Seeing :
Bhandeshwar Jain Temple & Laxminathji Temple, Wood Fossils, ShivBari Temple, National Research Centre on Camel, National Research Centre on Equines, Royal Cenotaphs At Devi Kund Sagar, Junagarh Fort, Prachina, Dr. L.P. Tessitoris Grave, Ganga Govt. Museum, Sadul Museum & lallgarh Palace Complex, Havelis of Bikaner
Excursions
Deshnok Karani Mata Temple, Gajner Palace & Wildlife Sanctuary, KolayatJi, Katariasar Village, Brahma Kumari Living Values Spiritual Museum, Meditation & Yoga Centre
Fairs & Festivals
Camel Festival, Karani Mata Fair, Gangaur Festival, Kapil Muni Fair, Kolayat
Camel Safari / Village Safaris Operations
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GANGA GOVERMENT MUSEUM
RATED AMONG THE BEST MUSEUMS IN TE STATE IT HAS A RICH COLLECTION OF ANTIQUITES DATING BACK FRON HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION AND EARLY GUPTA PERIOD. A SEPARATE SECTION FOR ARTS AND CRAFTS. AND A EAUTIFUL COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS. ANTIQUE RAJPUT WEAPONRY, TERRACOTTAS, POTTERY, CARPETS AND COIN ETC. ARE DISPLAYED. THE MARBLE STATUE OF GODDESS SARASWATI EXCAVATED FROM A 10TH CENTURY JAIN TEMPLE AT PALLU, IS ONE OF THE MOST PROUD POSSESSIONS OF THIS MESEUM.
PHONE NUMBER : 2528894
TIMING : 10.00AM TO 04.30 PM
ENTRY FEE : RS. 3/-
SADUL MUSEUM & LALLGARH PALACE COMPLEX
THIS MESEUM IS HOUSED IN THE UPPER STORY OF SADUL NIWAS BUILDING OF LALLGARH PLACE,WHICH WAS DONATED BY LARD HIS HIGHNESS MAHARAJA DR. KARNI SINGH JI OF BIKANER TO MAHARAJA SRI GANGA SINGHJI TRUST BIKANER, IN THE YEAR 1972 PRINCESS RAJYASHREE KUMARI OF BIKANER,CHAIRPERSON OF THE TRUST PLAYED A VERY IMPOTANT ROLE IN THE ESTABLISMENT OF THIS MUSEUM.
THIS MUSEUM DEPICTS THE LIVES AND TIMES OF THE THREE SUCCESSIVE MAHARAJAS OF BIKANER I.E. MAHARAJA GANGA SINGHJI, MAHARAJA SADUL SINGHJI AND MAHARAJA KARNI SINGHJI THROUGH THE VARIOUS ARTIFACTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS DISPLAYED IN 22 ROOMS.
VISITING HOURS : 10.00AM TO 05.00PM (CLOSED AND SUNDAY)
ENTRANCE FEE : RS. 20 /- FOR FOREIGN VISITORS.
RS. 10/- FOR FOREIGN VISITORS PH. : 0151-2522464
RS. 30/- FOR STILL CAMERA
RS. 50/- FOR MOVIE CAMERA.
LALLGARH AN IMPOSING RED SANDSTONE PLACE WAS BUILT BY MAHARAJA GANGA SINGH JI IN MEMORY OF HIS FATHER, MAHARAJ LALL SINGHJI IN 1902 AD. THIS ORIENTAL FANTASY, DESIGNED BY COL. SIR SAMUEL SWINTON JACOB, IS ENTIRELY HYBRID ARCHITECTURE – A MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OF RAJPUT, MUSLIM AND EUROPEAN STYLES. THE RAJPUT EXTERIOR OF HIS PLACE CONTRASTS DRAMATICALLY WITH THE OCCIDENTAL DECOR WITHIN. THE INTRICATELY DEXTEROUS CARVING ON RED SANDSTONE IS A HALLMARK OF GREAT CRAFTSMANSHIP.
HAVELIES OF BIKANER
BIKANER ABOUNDS IN BEAUTIFUL HAVELIS AND MANSIONS BELONGING TO THE BUSINESS HOUSES OF FORMER TIMES. THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURES IN RED SANDSTONE, RICHLY DECORATED WITH INTRICATE CARVINGS THE NOTABLE HAVELIS ELONGS TO THE KOTHARIS, RAMPURIAS, BAIDS, DAGAS, MOHTAS, DADDHAS AND MANY OTHERS TO SEE THIS HAVELIES THE BEST ROUTE IS GOGA GATE, DADDHON KA CHOWK, RANGRI CHOWK , ASSANION KA CHOWK, MOTHA CHOWK , BINNANION, B.K. SCHOOL AND JASSUSAR GATE.
BANESHAWAR JAIN TEMPLE & LAXMIMATHJI TEMPLE
THE 15th CENTURY IS THE OLDEST EXISTING MONUMENT OF BIKANER, DEDICATED TO SUMATIMATH JI THE 5TH TIRTHANKAR OF THE JAIN RELIGION. THE TEMPLE IS DECORATED WITH RICH MIRROR WORK, FRESCOES AND GOLD LEAF PAINTINGS. THE FAMOUS TEMPLE OF LAXMINATHJI IS IN THE ADJOINING CAMPUS.
WOOL FOSSILS
AN INDIVIDUAL COLLECTION – DISPLAYS 110 MILLION YEARS OLD WOOD FOSSILS. IN THE COLLECTION THERE ARE PLACES OF TREE TRUNKS, DIFFERENT PLANRS AND ALSO SOME ANIMAL FOSSILS, WHICH WERE FOUND AROUND BIKANER CITY. THIS COLLECTION IS REGISTERED IN LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS.
CONTACT PERSON : MR. MANOHAR JI KIRADU (MARSING LAL KIRADU) NEAR NATHUSAR GATE.
VISITING HOURS : 04.PM TO 06.30 PM
SHIV BARI TEMPLE (6 KM)
FORTIFIED BY HIGH WALLS, THIS TEMPLE IS DEDICATED TO LORD SHIVA. IT WAS BUILT BY MAHARAJA DUNGAR SINGHJI IN THE 19TH CENTURY IN MEMORY OF HIS MAHARAJA LALL SINGHJI, THE TEMPLE HAS SOME BEAUTIFUL PAINTINGS AND A NANDI BULL FACING THE SHIVA LINGAM. THIS LOCATED ON THE WAY TO CAMEL FARM.
NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON CAMEL (CAMEL FARM 8 KM)
THE FARM IS UNIQUE AND THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND IN ENTIRE ASIA.
PHONE NUMBER : 2230183
TIMING : 02.00 PM TO 05 PM OPEN ON ALL DAYS.
ENTRY FEE : RS. 10/- PER PERSON
CAMERA : RS. 20/-
MOVIE : RS. 30/-
NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON EQUINES (HORSE FARM – 7 KM)
MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE CENTER IS TO IMPROVE AND CONSERVE MARWARI HORSES AND ALSO TO PRODUCE FRENCH MAIL DONKEYS FOR IMPROVING INDIGENOUS DONKEYS AND MULE PRODUCTION. TONGA (HORSE CARRIAGE) AND HORSE RIDING IS AVAILABLE ON PAYMENT.
VISITING HOURS : 3.00 TO 5.00 PM ON WORKING DAYS ONLY.
ROYAL CENOTAPHS AT DEVI KUND SAGAR (8 KM.)
THE ROYAL CREMATORIUM HAS SEVERAL EXQUISITE CENOTAPHS (CHHATRIS) WHICH WERE BUILT IN MEMORY OF THE RULERS OF BIKANER ROYAL FAMILY. THE CHHATRIS (CENOTPHS) OF THE EARLY RULERS WERE MADE FRON RED SAND STONE ORNAMENTATION ON WHICH RESEMBLES VERY MUCH WITH CARVING WORK ON SOME OF THE BUILDINGS OF FATEHPUR SIKRI. THE LATER CENOTAPHS WERE MADE FROM MARBLE AND VERY BEAUTIFULLY SCULPTED AND ORNAMENTED. RAJPUT PAINTINGS ADORN THE CEILINGS OF SOME OF THE CENOTAPHS.
EXCURSIONS
DESHNOK KARNI MATA TEMPLE (30KM.)
THE LITTLE TOWN, ON THE ROAD TO JODHPUR, IS KNOWN FOR THE SHRINE OF KARNI MATA. WHO WAS BORN IN 1387 AD IN A CHARAN FAMILY. KARNI MATA WORSHIPED AS AN INCARNATION OF GODDESS DURGA. SHE BLESSED AND GUIDED RAO BIKA. THE FOUNDER OF BIKANER IN ESTABLISHING HIS KINGDOM AND SINCE THEN SHE WAS ALSO WORSHIPED AS THE TUTELARY DEITY OF THE ERSTWHILE BIKANER DYNASTY.

THE TEMPLE IS UNIQUE AS THE RATS, CALLED KABAS, ARE VENERATED HERE AND THE SHRINE IS A SANCTUARY FOR THEM. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THESE KABAS CARRY SOULS OF FUTURE CHARANS/BARDS (CHILDREN OF THE GODDESS) WHO INHABIT THE TOWN OF DESHNOK. THESE KABAS (RATS) ARE HELD SACRED AND THEY MOVE FREELY IN THE TEMPLE PRECINCTS. ITS IS CONSIDERED HIGHLY AUSPICIOUS TO SIGHT A WHITE KABA.

THE TEMPLE HAS A RICHLY CARVED MARBLE ENTRANCE AND SUPERB SILVER DOORS WITH IMAGES OF HINDU DIVINITIES EMBOSSED ON THEM. THESE SILVER DOORS WERE DONATED BY MAHARAJA GANGA SINGHJI.
GAJNER PALACE & WILDLIFE SANCTUARY(32 KM.)
THE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY AMIDST GREEN SURROUNDING ON THE ROAD TO JAISALMER, IS A HEAVEN FOR CHINKARA, BLACK BUCK, NILGAI, WILDBOAR AND IMPERIAL SANDGROUSE AND MANY OTHER BIRDS AND WATERFOWLS WHICH FLOCK HERE IN LARGE NUMBERS.
THE PINK SANDSTONE PALACE REFLECTS BEAUTIFULLY IN THE WATERS OF THE LAKE. THE PALACE HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO A HERITAGE HOTEL.
ENTRY FEE : PALACE AREA – RS. 100/- PER HEAD INSCLUSIVE OF TEA/COFFEE/COLD DRINK.
: RS. 1000/- PER VEHICLE (JEEP OR HORSE BAGGIIDE) FOR SANCTUARY.
KOLAYAT JI (50 KM.)
AN ANCIENT PILGRIMAGE CENTRE, WITH A TEMPLE OF KAPIL MUNI OF THE VADIC PERIOD, HE SHED HIS BODY UNDER A PEEPAL TREE. THIS PLACE IS A CONGREGATION OF MANY MAGNIFICENT TEMPLES WITH SANDSTONE PAVILIONS AND GHATS (BUTHING PLACES) BUILT AROUND THE ARTIFICIAL LAKE. KAPIL MUNI WAS THE PROFOUNDER OF THE SANKHYA YOGA.
KATARIASAR VILLAGE (45 KM.)
ON JAIPUR ROAD, THE VILLAGE IS RICH IN ETHNIC RURAL AND CULTURAL LIFE. VIEW SUNSET WITH TYPICAL DESERT LIFE STYLE. VILLAGERS MAIN PROFESSIONS ARE CATTLE REARING AND MILK PRODUCTION. THE FOUNDER OF
 

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