What to See in Bikaner

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Bikaner is well known for its intricately carved Jharokas or windows. These windows are jails or screens carved on sandstone. They are found on the the windows of the Junagarh fort, temples and havelis. These jails were used for ventilation and for women to watch the world outside while remaining hidden behing it. The nearby village of Dulmera supplied the red sandstone used for the jharokas.

There are various places in Bikaner where you can visit and have a good experience of your vacations.

Some of these places are Bhaironji Temple, Kolyat, Bhandeshwar Jain Temple Camel Breeding Farm, Junagarh Fort, Deshnok Karniji Temple, Devi Kund, Lallgarh Palace, and Ganga Golden Jubilee Museum. There are tour packages that include visits to some or all of these places. Below are provided brief information about these places.

• The Junagarh Fort is located in the city of Bikaner. This fort in Bikaner encloses so many palaces, temples, pavilions, and mansions. All of these monuments are architectural masterpieces. The architectural design of the monuments talks highly about the architectural brilliance of the medieval period. Some of the places near the Junagarh Fort that are worth visiting are Ganga Niwas Durbar Hall, Anup Mahal, Dungar Niwas, Phool Mahal, and Har Mandir.
• Another famous thing about Bikaner is the Camel Breeding Farm. This is a contemporary farm for camel breeding. This farm has no historical evidence and has come
• Bhandeshwar Jain Temple is located in Jain Temple. It is one of the places in Rajasthan which have much importance on the tourist point of view. This temple was build sometime around the 15th century. The temple is dedicated to 23rd Jain Tirthankara Parshvanathji.
• Bhairohjo Temple is another place in Bikaner that is worth visiting. This temple is located at Kodamdesar which is situated near the city of Bikaner.
• Devi Kund is also located near Bikaner. This is the place where the royal family of Rathore Bikaji clan was situated.
• You can see the Lalgarh palace 3 situated km from the city
• Gajner wild life sanctuary (32 kms)
• Shiv Bari Temple near the camel research farm which is fortified by a very high wall
• Deshnok Temple (30 km)

Bikaner is also famous as a center of Utsa Art and is produced by Utsa masters. This utsa art was very prominent during the 16th to 20th century. It consists of the techniques for painting on paper and other objects using translucent and other opaque water colors. The secondary technique is embossing and unembossing.

Food: Bikaner is very famous for its Bikaneri Bhujia, Alu bhujia and its sweets. These are made from moth dal, spices and oil. They have a lip smacking variety of food and it is a prime feature of the culture of Bikaner. Roti and kheechadi comprises of the main meal and you can have butter milk and lots of butter along with it. The deserts of Bikaner like rabid are very appreciated.

Shopping in Bikaner: The best time to shop in Bikaner is during the camel festival. Apart from this the famous spots foe shopping are Kota Gate and the Junagarh Fort area. The most famous shopping items in Bikaner are the camel leather products like the camel leather shoes, camel leather chairs, camel leather belts, camel fur rugs, leather bags, wallets, etc. the most beautiful item you get there are the miniature paintings on camel hides.

Bikaner is famous for arranging uncut stones, especially diamonds into gold as decoration for swords, sweet boxes, etc. You can buy Rangi dupatta, kundan work, carpets, cotton fabrics with sanganeri prints and Nokha Quilts which are unique to Bikaner.