What to See in Bikaner
Travel to India > Bikaner > What to See in BikanerBikaner 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.
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.
Other places around Bikaner worth visiting are:
- You can see the Lalgarh palace 3 situated km from the city
- Camel research farm managed by the state government and situated 8 km
- Devi kund (8 km)
- 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)
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.