The Rat Temple

Bikaner

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August 1st 2008
We left Pushkar on Wednesday at 08:30 to make our way to Bikaner, a small desert town in the North West of Rajasthan. We had pre-booked train tickets from a nearby town, Merta, only to later find out that the only way to Merta is to get on the Bikaner bus and get off at the first stop! Sounds a bit back to front, but in actual fact we were quite relieved we hadn’t opted for the 7hr bus journey ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more