Describe rajasthan tourism.

1. RAJASTHAN
"the land of kings"

3. THE FIRST MENTION OF THE PLACE-NAME RAJASTHAN APPEARS IN JAMES
TOD'S 1829 PUBLICATION, ANNALS AND ANTIQUITIES OF RAJASTHAN OR THE
CENTRAL AND WESTERN RAJPOOT STATES OF INDIA.

4. THE MAIN GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF RAJASTHAN ARE THE THAR DESERT AND THE ARAVALLI RANGE,
WHICH RUNS THROUGH THE STATE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST, ALMOST FROM ONE END TO THE
OTHER, FOR MORE THAN 850 KILOMETRES (530 MI).

5. HILL STATIONS IN RAJASTHAN
ARAVALI RANGES MOUNT ABU
One of the world's oldest mountain
ranges, the Aravali Range, cradles the
only hill station of Rajasthan
Mount Abu, famous for Dilwara
Temples, a sacred pilgrimage
for Jains.

6. CAPITAL OF
RAJASTHAN:
Jaipur : the pink city
Jaipur is the capital and the
largest city of the state.
Geographical features include the
Thar Desert along north-western
Rajasthan and the termination of
the Ghaggar River near the
archaeological ruins
at Kalibanga of the Indus Valley
Civilization, which are the oldest
in the Indian
subcontinent discovered so far.
Jaipur is well knowned by the
name of “PINK CITY”. From the
earlier days of maharajas this is
named so.

7. THE
RAJPUTANA : *Udaipur : the city of lakes
Udaipur also known as the City of
Lakes, is a city, a Municipal
Corporation and the
administrative headquarters of
theUdaipur district in
the state of Rajasthan in
western India.
Udaipur is the historic capital of
the kingdom of Mewar in the
formerRajputana Agency. The
Guhils (Sisodia) clan ruled the
Mewar and its capital was shifted
from Chittorgarh to Udaipur after
founding city of Udaipur by
Maharana Uday Singh.

8. THE DESERT
AREA :
• Jodhpur : the sun city
The city is known as the "Sun
City" for the bright, sunny
weather it enjoys all year. It is also
referred to as the "Blue City" due
to the vivid blue-painted houses
around the Mehrangarh Fort.

9. THE RELEGIOUS PLACES :
PUSHKAR :
Ajmer
DARGAH:

10. THAR DESERT
The northwestern portion of Rajasthan is generally sandy and dry. Most of this
region is covered by the Thar Desert which extends into adjoining portions of
Pakistan

12. Rajasthan is known for desert,
famous for tourism, admired for it’s
HAVELIs but for Me,
RAJASTHAN is my MOTHER
and I am a part of it

13. ThAnK YoU