Mount Abu - Rajasthan - India

Rajasthan, the combination of two Hindi words (1) King  (2) Place, means Place of Kings. Before becoming Rajasthan, it was scattered in many small states ruled by different kings of their time. All these states were united by Mewar's Rana's and turned it into a whole big state of India as Rajputana (Rajasthan).

There are so many heritage sites and places which you would like to visit.

Mount Abu:

              A Popular Hill station in the district of Sirohi in Rajasthan state. This is the only hill station of the state and so many worth visiting places are there to visit. Its totally speaded on mountain range of Aravali hills (the oldest mountain range of the country) and at Arbuda series, so you will find all green nature and its coolness. the natural place for peace and site seeing.  Its tour is best suited in the months of Ends of the year or in beginning of the year. Few site seeing places are listed below.

• Dilwara's Jain Temple:         The Jain Temples of Delwara are just two and half kilometers far from the only hill station of Rajasthan. These temples were constructed nearly 12th century AD. 
             Five beautiful and unique temples of Delwara as below.
  1.   Vimal Vasahi
  2.   Luna Vasahi
  3.   Pittalhar
  4.   Parshvanatha Temple
  5.   Mahavir Swami Temple 
  
• Nakki Lake:            It is believed that this lake got it name due to its construction done by nails. Its considered that Rasia Balam, a sculpture of delwara temples dug the lake in one night after announcing a term by the king of abu, that if anyone dug in one night, he will marry her daughter with him, but later on kings wife stopped the king to do so, and hence the marriage could not happen. Temple of Princess and the sculpture Rasia Balam are there.
  
• Mt. Abu wild life sentuary:
             19  Km long and 6 Km wide plateau at a height of 300 meters in the oldest mountain range of the country i.e. Aravali Mountain series (अरावली पर्वत श्रंखला).  It was declared as wild life sanctuary in 1980 by India. 
            A variety of fauna, including highly rare, threatened and endangered species are found in this sanctuary. The history of Mount Abu indicates the presence of lion (last recorded in 1872) and tiger (last reported in 1971). Presently the leopard is the apex predator. Other animals found here are sambhar, jungle cat, small Indian civet,wolf, hyaena, jackal, Indian fox, common langur, wild boar, bear, pangolin, common mongoose, Indian hare, porcupine and hedgehog. The sanctuary provides an ideal habitat for the sloth bear too. It is unique in the sense that more than 250 species of birds are found here, but the speciality of the Abu sanctuary is the grey jungle fowl.
  
  
• Guru Shikar: The highest peak of Arawali Mountain Series.
           The highest peak of the mountain range Aravali and located in Arbuda mountain range. The height of the peak is 1722 Meters and this is the hill station of Rajasthan, Its good to visit this place in January to March. Dattatrey's Temple is there in the form of a cave at the peak of the Mountain which is considered as incarnation of Hindu God Vishnu.
  
  
  

• Achalgarh Fort
          Its situated about 11 km from Mount Abu and was originally build by Parmar Dynasty Kings. Later on it was re-constructed and renovated by Maharana Kumbha of Mewar. Entrace gate for lower fort is known as Hanuman Poll. The Inner forts entrance is known as champa poll.
  

• Sunset Point:
            Rising sun is as beautiful as the sun set. but people prefer only watching sun set, may be because they could not get up early in the morning, ok, jokes apart, its a beautiful scene when sun goes down from horizon and the sky becomes of copper color and if some clouds are scattered there then the scenes created in the sky becomes more interesting and people can not stop them self taking out their camera's to click the moment.
• Adhar Devi Temple:           At the peak of Nilgiri Hills in Mount Abu (Sirohi), there is a temple of Maa Arbuda Devi, also known as Adhar Devi, This is one of the Nine Goddess (NavDurga Maa). This temple is counted one of the Special temple (Power Place) from all other important temples of the Goddess. This is also known as Arbuda Devi, Adhar Devi, and the temple is in the form of a Cave at the peak of rocks. The lamp (Jyoti) remains always fired up, it never turns off.
              Mandakini river flows from nearby this temple and many more sacred places are there. The way is in the form of stairs and by passing this way, you will encounter so many beautiful scenery and heart wining sites, which will leave a forever lasting impression in your heart and mind. 
  
  
• Brahma Kumari Spirtual University:
                  The saga of the Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya began in Hyderabad, Sindh (now in Pakistan) in the year 1936, when extraordinary events unfolded in the life of Dada Lekhraj, a wealthy diamond merchant who had risen from humble beginnings to become one of the most respected members of his community.
  Dada Lekhraj, a devout man, was contemplating retirement as he was nearing 60, little realising that his life was about to be transformed. One day, while he was sitting in the back hall of his bungalow with a group of fellow disciples of his guru, he had strange spiritual experiences. He recognised these unique inner sensations as the onset of a spiritual encounter, but knew neither their cause nor purpose. Yet there was a sense of heightened perception, a new clarity of mind and vision. A powerful, intuitive grasp of reality was growing in him. He went to his room for solitude. As he sat alone, waves of bliss surged on him. He had gone beyond all consciousness of his body and experienced himself as a point of light, a pure soul afloat in an ocean of bliss. Then he had a vision of the four-armed deity Vishnu.
  
  

       A few days later, Dada received more visions, including a terrifying one of destruction of the modern world.

  
  

       The visions made clear to him his own identity. He saw that the Supreme Soul was a point of light, and His children, the souls, were also tiny sparks of sentient energy.
• Raghunath Temple :
           Dedicated to lord Vishnu (also known as Bhagwan Raghunath Ji. 
  
  
• Doodh Baori: 

Bikaner - Rajasthan - India

Rajasthan, the combination of two Hindi words (1) King) (2) Place means Place of Kings.
Before becoming Rajasthan, it was scattered in many small states ruled by different kings of their time. All these states were united by Mewar's Rana's and turned it into a whole big state of India as Rajputana (Rajasthan).
There are so many heritage sites and places which you would like to visit.

Bikaner: 
                    Bikaner, Prior to the mid 15th century, the region was a barren wilderness called Jangladesh. Rao Bika established the city of Bikaner in 1488. According to James Tod, the spot which Bika selected for his capital, was the birthright of a Nehra Jat, who would only concede it for this purpose on the condition that his name should be linked in perpetuity with its surrender. Naira, or Nera, was the name of the proprietor, which Bika added to his own, thus composing that of the future capital, Bikaner.
                    Rao Bika was the first son of Maharaja Rao Jodha of the Rathor clan, the founder of Jodhpur and conquered the largely arid country in the north of Rajasthan. As the first son of Jodha he wanted to have his own kindom not inheriting Jodhpur from his father or the title of Maharaja. He therefore decided to build his own kingdom in what is now the state of Bikaner in the area of Jungladesh. Though it was in the Thar Desert, Bikaner was considered an oasis on the trade route between Central Asia and the Gujarat coast as it had adequate spring water. Bika’s name was attached to the city he built and to the state of Bikaner (“the settlement of Bika”) that he established. Bika built a fort in 1478, which is now in ruins, and a hundred years later a new fort was built about 1.5 km from the city centre, known as the Junagarh Fort.

• Junagarh Fort:
          Around 1578, this fort was constructed by successors of Rao Bika. The Fort was called Chintamani and was renamed Junagarh or "Old Fort" in the early 20th century when the ruling family moved to Lalgarh Palace outside the fort limits. It is one of the few major forts in Rajasthan which is not built on a hilltop. The modern city of Bikaner has developed around the fort.
  The fort complex was built under the supervision of Karan Chand, the Prime Minister of Raja Rai Singh, the sixth ruler of Bikaner, who ruled from 1571 to 1611 AD. Construction of the walls and associated moat commenced in 1589 and was completed in 1594. It was built outside the original fort of the city, about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) from the city centre. Some remnants of the old fort are preserved near the Lakshmi Narayan temple.
  Historical records reveal that despite the repeated attacks by enemies to capture the fort, it was not taken, except for a lone one-day occupation by Kamran Mirza. Kamran was the second son of the Mughal Emperor Babur who attacked Bikaner in 1534, which was then ruled by Rao Jait Singh. In the battle, the Mughals were defeated by Rathors. Kamran then returned to Lahore.
  The 5.28 hectares large fort precinct is studded with palaces, temples and pavilions. These buildings depict a composite culture, manifest in the mix of architectural styles
• Lalgarh Palace:
                 The palace was built between 1902 and 1926 according to Rajput, Mughal and European architectural styles, being largely in the Indo-Saracenic style. The building was commissioned by the British-controlled regency for Maharaja Ganga Singh (1881–1942) while he was still in his minority as they considered the existing Junagarh Palace unsuitable for a modern monarch. Ganga Singh decided that the palace should be named in memory of his father Maharaja Lall Singh.
              In 1972, Karni Singh, M.P., the Maharaja of Bikaner, established the Ganga Singhji Charitable Trust. The Maharaja endowed a part of Lallgarh Palace to be used in service of the trust. Two wings were converted into independent hotels with the income from The Lallgarh Palace Hotel, a heritage hotel used to support the trust. Currently, Lallgarh Palace is owned, and the hotel is run, by his daughter Princess Rajyashree Kumari.
• Camel Safari:
            Camel is the ship of Desert because it can survive in desert for many days even without drinking water and where human being cannot walk in sand (Hot Sand), this camel walks so easily as its running of soft and cool land. So camel a camel ride is also enjoyable in this desert specially at the time of sunset.
• Gajner Palace:
• Gajner Wild Life Sanctuary: 
            Sanctuary is located at a distance of 32 Km from Bikaner. In former times it was a hunting ground for the Maharajah of Bikaner. There is a lake in this sanctuary and a variety of animals come here to quench their thirst in summer. This is one of the proposed forests for Cheetah reintroduction in India. The lake in this wildlife sanctuary draws a variety of avian species. The residential species include wildfowl, deer, antelope, nilgai, chinkara, black buck, desert fox and wild boar
• Ganga Golden Jubilee Museum:
• Sadul Singh Museum : 
• Jain Temple:           Jain temples are collection of art and architecture in the whole country and they are really worth to see/visit. Either you visit to Ranakpur In Pali aur visit Dilwara's Jain temples in Mt. Abu (Sirohi), every one is unique and view-able.