Page 38 - MASALA Magazine Vol.15 Issue 2 | December 2023 - January 2024
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Tips, tricks, and
interesting factoids
for a two-day trip to
Bikaner.
B Y K UNJ AL KO THARI
ast winter, we took our daughters to Bikaner to visit our ancestral
home. Two jampacked days later, we left Bikaner with our hearts
(and stomachs) full. As we rediscovered our hometown together,
it was wonderful to see our children gain a newfound appreciation
of their heritage and culture.
After driving through the dusty Thar desert, the Red City hits you
with its sights, sounds and smells. A relatively young city, Bikaner
was founded by Rao Bika of Jodhpur in the late 15 Century.
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As a stop on the Silk Road between Gujarat and Central Asia,
Bikaner prospered, and soon the barren Jungladesh was thriving.
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