Initially the indigo painted houses symbolized the priestly Brahmin caste of its inhabitants. Year round sunny weather soon inspired other house inhabitants to catch on to the craze for the color’s cooling effect and supposed mosquito repellent properties inherent within the pigment. The effect is beautiful.

The city is also able to boast the best audio guide tour that we have discovered on our world travels. This tour took us through the carefully maintained fort of Mehrangarh, stationed above the Blue city. The trust that runs the fort is professional and does a great job of making history come to life, which makes reading additional information about the fort easily enjoyable – would recommend checking out the following site for more details click here.

We also made a brief stop at the memorial to Maharaja Jeswant Singh II called Jaswant Thada for some pictures.

December 1st - 2nd
Mumbai

December 10th - 11th
Udaipur / The White City

December 12th
A Side trip to Kumbalgarh fort and Ranakpur Jain Temple

December 13th
Jodhpur / The Blue City

December 14th - 15th
Jaisalmer / The Golden City

December 16th
Random Stop : Bikaner and the close by Karni Mata Temple

December 17th - 20th
Pushkar / Important Hindu Pilgrimage Center

December 20th - 22nd
Bundi

December 23rdth - 24th
Agra

December 25th - 28th
New Delhi

Nuances of India

Volunteering in Mizoram