What to see in Bikaner
Places to see in Bikaner, Rajasthan
Bikaner's architectural grandeur can be experienced today at the Lalgarh Palace, The Laxmi Vilas Palace anf the magnificient Junagarh Fort where visitors feel the ebb and flow of history in the last two hundered years. The desert dominates Bikaner. Among the largest and illustrious of the former princely states of India the legacy of Bikaner has been kept alive through palaces and royal retreats. But its harshness has never diminished the warmth, hospitality and creativity of the people. Bikaner showcases the lavishly decorated and much loved camels and is also famous for the camel breeding institutes and annual camel fairs which once pioneered the railways revolution in western India during the golden reign of Sir Ganga Singhji the Maharaja of Bikaner.
Tours/Sights of the Bikaner city in Rajasthan
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Museums & Collections
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Gardens & Resorts
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Shopping
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Sir Ganga Singh Public Park and Zoo
Ratan Bihari Temple Park
Tessitory Public Gardens
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Arts & Crafts
Gesso work camel hide products
Leather handicrafts
Lacquer & wooden artefacts
Metalware
Blue pottery
Handlooms
Durries or carpets
Tie and dye fabrics
Jewellery
Tribal silverware
Kundan jewellery & artefacts
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Palace Resorts and Sanctuary
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Ancient temples and sites
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Gajner Palace 35 kms
Gajner Lake and Wildlife Sanctuary 35 kms
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Bandasar Jain Temple 5 kms
Shiv Bari temple 6 kms
Devi kund 8 kms
Kolayatji Temple 50 kms
Kalibangan 205 kms
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