Bhandasar Jain Temple In the previous blog entry we ended by writing about a very odd temple in the town Deshnoke in Bikaner district in Rajasthan. To go to that temple we passed through the city Bikaner. There we visited the Bhandasar Jain Temple, a temple with impressive wall paintings and artworks. Havelis In Bikaner there are many so called havelis, which can be described as a mansion or a townhouse in a city. The havelis are often quite spectacular buildings, heavily decorated with carved wooden reliefs and other works of art. It was interesting to see a few of these havelis. Unfortunately the streets were they were located were very narrow making it very difficult to take photos of th
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