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Published: October 24th 2016
Beautiful view near Desuri
View of Aravali hills near Desuri district Plai, which is entry point from western side of stateThey form an important geographic unit is state of Rajasthan. In fact they divide state into 2 different parts having varied climate, culture, soil types etc. Aravalli hills start from near Delhi and continue is state for 600kms. following a NE-SW trend covering Sirohi, Mt.Abu. The Aravllis continue in Gujarat also but as isolated hills. Aravallis have maximum width in southern part, and tapering in north. They are continuous from Mt.Abu to Ajmer, but from Ajmer they occur as intermittent hills with many offshoots branching towards Sikar-Jhunjhunu in left, Jaipur-Lalsot in right side. The central part of thee ridges is seen towards Alwar and continuous up to Gurugram-Delhi side. Scientists have expressed the opinion that they continue beyond Delhi but are obscured under the thick Indo-Gangetic plains. These hills control the drainage in state in a way that water flowing along western slopes go into Arabian sea, and that flowing along eastern slopes go to Bay of Bengal. These hills host variety of fauna and flora, and largely responsible for evolution of human society in this state. Aravallis enclose many places
Another beautiful view
Near Narlai,4kms. before Desuri of tourist interest. The east and west side of Aravallis are now connected with excellent roads. For nature lovers traverses in Aravallis provide breathtakingly beautiful scenery in rains and in months after rains
Mode of transport- Thought rail route is available but it is advisable to traverse Aravallis by road. There are 3 important routes which cut across these hills viz.
Sadri-Gogunda-Udaipur via Ranakpur temple,the 10
th century Jain temple has one of the most intricate carvings on marble.This is steep ascent with breath taking view. From Sadri tourists can also go to Parshuram Mahadev temple lying in the centre of Aravalli hills at a height of 3900ft.above mean sea level. Earlier it was difficult to go there but now 4 wheelers can go up to base of hills.One can have brief halt at Gogunda to visit the location where coronation of Maharana Pratap took place.From Gogunda a road also goes to Kumbhalgarh
fort.
Desuri-Gomti-Udaipur- This is 10kms.ghat section which reaches NH-8 on east side of the hill range and connects to Udaipur
Aravalli in clouds
Excellent greenery along Pindwara-Udaipur route and Ajmer.On way to Udaipur you can visit famous pilgrim centre Nathdwara-Kankroli-Ekling ji.
Sirohi-
Udaipur via Pindwara- This 4lane national highway which cuts trough Aravallis with 2 tunnels in the way. Excllent route for those interested in beautiful scenery
Apart from this one can also cross Aravallis by Phulad- Kalighati road, this is normal road but lacking in other basic facilities like restaurants, vehicle repair.
If one does not want to cross Aravallis while coming from Jaipur-Ajmer side then one can take up Ajmer-Udaipur 4 lane NH-8 which runs along the lower slopes of this hill range on eastern side,but road is parallel to main range.
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