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  • Aaloo Baba

    Aaloo Baba

    There is a person called Aaloo Baba. He has a small place near Pushkar called the Aaloo Baba ashram. Don’t be worried. He has no major cult following of sorts. He is a simple man living a very simple life. I went to visit him. Why is he called Aaloo Baba? That’s because he eats Read more

  • Khwaja mere Khwaja

    Khwaja mere Khwaja

    I wanted to visit the Khwaja Gharib Nawaz Dargah in Ajmer from a long time. And finally got a chance to go there. The place definitely has something in it that is powerful and has a different vibe. वही अजमेर जाते हैं, जिन्‍हें ख्‍वाजा बुलाते हैं! Anyone whom I told I am planning to go Read more

  • Royal fatigue

    Royal fatigue

    After travelling for about a month in Rajasthan I have gotten tired of forts and palaces. I call this Royal fatigue. All the forts and palaces have a pattern to them. 1. Gates There will be a series of gates (Prol or Pol) leading to the fort. One of them will be called Suraj Prol Read more

  • Another Fort visit

    Another Fort visit

    In the land of Kings there is a fort everywhere. And I visited a lot of them. This time it was the Mehrangarh fort in Jodhpur. The walk up to the fort is EXTREMELY steep. I stayed in a hostel close the fort and the walking distance was hardly 1km. But by the time I Read more

  • Bullet Baba

    Bullet Baba

    There is a temple about 70km from Jodhpur. A Royal Enfield Bullet is the god worshipped there. Yes. And I am not making this up. The place is called Bullet Baba temple. The story goes that a person named Om Banna met with an accident on the highway and his bike fell into a ditch. Read more

  • Blue orange magic

    Blue orange magic

    Jawai is a beautiful place near Jodhpur. Apart from leopard spotting you can visit the Jawai dam. The dam looks magical. The place is clean and devoid of any pollution. The water is blue with mountains surrounding it. The hills in the area is where the Leopards usually are. So when someone drives along the Read more