Aranyawas, Ranakpur Jain temple and Maharani Bagh

Snowed in today, again! I spent a considerable amount of time today, catching up on some travel research and reading some travelogues. I think I am going to start documenting our travels from here on. What I want to do first though is to write about some interesting trips that we have already taken, before I forget all the details.

A while ago, thanks to a couple of A's bacchpan ke saathis, we were booked into this place called Aranyawas in Ranakpur, some 90 kms away from Udaipur, Rajasthan. Cottages, cabins and rooms tucked away in the mountainside. It wasn't fancy, very rustic, yet charming. Wish we had stayed there longer than a night. Nothing can beat the awesome poha and chai that we were served in the morning, while sitting outside, taking in the beauty of the suroundings.

On the following day, we went to the famous Ranakpur Jain temple, a beautiful marble temple, dedicated to the first Tirthankar, Adinatha.

After spending a few hours at the temple, we headed to Maharani Bagh, a place recommended by A's brother, for lunch. The food and the place as such, were just great. Freshly made makki ki rotis were out of the world (see below, left). I hope we can go back there again, and maybe stay there for longer.