Trip to Jaisalmer-Part 3

The two places that we visited on our route were Badabagh and Ludarva. Badabagh is the cementary for the kings. Normally the kings body is burnt and the ashes are thrown into the Ganges, after that they build a tomb like structure over the burnt area. Here the queens have their tombs on the upper mount and the Kings have them on the lower mounts. Also the king’s tomb looks like a mugal architecture while the queens are like the rajput architect. We did not go inside because we were running out of time.

Then we headed to Ludarva, which is currently a Jain temple. Long a ago this was the old capital and it had a Lord Krishna Temple. Once the Jain temple was built they also built a underground path to the fort. The Mugals had demolished Ludarva more than 3 times. This temple is considered sacred for women. In this temple there is a tree under which they have placed 5 different kinds of metal to give some kinds of power to that tree. I am not sure whether this really gives a power or it is only a myth. The sculptural work inside the temple is amazing. I was remembered of the workings that we see in the southern temples, also this is the first temple in North I have seen with so much working.

Then we headed to a village called Kanoi, form where our Camel safari was to start. We had two guides for the camel safari standing with four camels. Once all our food and water was tied on the camel back, we started off with our most exciting trip. The schedule was to travel 2hrs on the camel, then have lunch, take some rest and 2hrs more for the sunset point.

The schedule was so perfect even though we were late by an hour. The food was prepared on the open. It was a simple food but it was good. We should really appreciate them for the way they prepared the food. It was a simple desert food. We had Indian bread with Dal and some rice. After our food and rest we were still not able to ride on the camel back, because we were dozing.

We reached our destination around 5.30Pm and had to wait till 7Pm for the sunset. Meanwhile our guides prepared tea and served us. We were told that this is the place that we will be sleeping in the night. We were told the sunset on the dunes would be beautiful. But I was not convinced, because it was not much attractive and the sun was like a silver plate. We were sitting and chatting for a long time on the sand dunes. Around 8.30Pm we were told our dinner was ready and can be served any time we wanted.

More to come about our dinner and night stay…