Festivals of Jaisalmer

In Jaisalmer, all festival having its own value and importance, but there are few festivals, in which indulgence and interest of travellers from other states and countries take place.

Desert Festival (January-February)

Jaisalmer, the city surrounded by the Thar Desert, celebrates its annual festival on the sand dunes. A  A real show on the sand, which even attracts visitors travelled a lot. Highly recommended. Be there.

Desert festival is also known for are Snack charmers, amazing puppet show, acrobats, music and dance performances by folks and traditional gymnasts and competitions like turban tying competition, longest moustaches competition etc . The events like camel races, camel dance, camel polo and camel decoration added value in this festival.

Teej Festival (July-August)

A festival to commemorate the arrival of the monsoons. Women dressed in bright colors and lots of joy prevails during Teej. Essentially a women's festival, it is interesting to see that it enjoys in groups and in various bazaars in which they turn up their shop, in all the best.

Dussehra Festival (October)

Dussehra means the Tenth day, being the 10th day of the brilliant half of Ashvin. This day is also known as Vijayadashmi, or the tenth victory, because of Ram's victory over Ravana.

Foods of Jaisalmer

Jaisalmer is a destination fill with age-old culture and tradition. The style to prepare a food of Jaisalmer is different in compared to other cities and locations in Rajasthan. Jaisalmer foods reflect the richness in their preparation and culture. You do not need to pay so much effort to find it, you can easily spot such foods anywhere in Jaisalmer.

Jaisalmer is known for the spice and spicy foods, that you can enjoy every time and looking for more. This place is famous for sweets. Bhang is a local drink made using edible cannabis, which is legal here.

Top Dishes to Enjoy In Jaisalmer

Murgh-E-Subz

Ker Sangria

Kadi Pakora

Bhanonaloo

Mutton Saag

Masala Raita

Dal Bati Choorma

Mughal Chicken Recipes

Panchadhari Laddoos

Local Styled Lassi

Poha

Jalebi

Kachori

Ghotua – Iconic Dessert Item

Bhang

Getting Jaisalmer

Jaisalmer, it is accessible by roads from many different cities found in Rajasthan without any problem. The city has hosted its own railway station, which is connect to the most remote corners of India. Regular trains, buses and planes from Udaipur, Jaipur, New Delhi and Jodhpur to Jaisalmer, which will make the escape without problems for travellers. In addition, the Rajasthan tourism department has recently announced that the city of Jaisalmer will soon have its airport for the next tourist season.

Flight  • 3 h 20 min

From Delhi, Jodhpur, Udaipur, and Jaipur

Bus  • 15 h 49 min

Take the bus from Delhi to Bikaner, take the bus from Bikaner to Jaisalmer

Train  • 18 h 10 min

Take the train from Delhi (DLI) to Jaisalmer (JSM) Dli - Jsm Exp

By car  • 11 h 2 min

Driving from Delhi to Jaisalmer

Suggested Time to Visit Jaisalmer

Oct to March, consider a pick season for Rajasthan, where most of tourist, foreign and as well as domestic use to plan to visit Rajasthan, where temperature is mild and you can enjoy shopping, safari, spotting  wild animals, jaw-dropping forts, havelis and museums. In day time you can enjoy an outdoor activities, like shopping, site scene, photography, wildlife safari, camel and elephant safari, and in the evening time, when temperature goes down, in that chillied evening, you can also enjoy the bonfire with local food and folk music.

Shopping in Jaisalmer

Like every city in India, the bazaars and shops are typical and if you are shopping lovers, than, there will always be something that catches your attention. If you know how to search and bargain, you can find really beautiful things at a very affordable price.

Jaisalmer is very much popular for, mirror-work embroidered garments and carpets, blankets, oil lamps, old stonework items, colourful fabrics, wooden items, silk textiles and silver jewellery among the travellers and Jaisalmer is also famous for its Puppets and Jootis items.

In Jaisalmer what is most abundant, are the textile shops and the sale of objects made with leather. It was very difficult to walk the streets and not find a vendor who offered you the best leather products, or wall-hangings of many colours with really amazing embroidery. So you could not resist wanting to buy several wall-hangings ... Also, no matter how much you did not want to buy anything.

Here I mention few FAMOUS SHOPPING MARKETS in Jaisalmer.

1. SADAR BAAZAR – Famous for leather products
2. BHATIA BAAZAR – known for Saree shopping
3. SONARON KA BAAS – famous for jewellery shopping
4. PANSARI BAAZAR – famous for Puppets and Joti’s items.
5. MANAK CHOWK – famous for traditional clothes, the colourful handicrafts, the attractive bags, or the locally-made leather items

Apart from mentioned market, there are few more, to fulfil your Shopping requirements.

Seema Gram

Gandhi Darshan

National Handloom Emporium

Khadi Gramodyog Emporium

Silk Route Art Gallery

So I am very much sure that you finished the trip with overweight and you have to buy another suitcase.

Things to do in Jaisalmer

Visit Sunset point:  Sunset point also called the Royal cenotaphs. Here you can admire a wonderful sunset. On one side the Thar Desert, on the other side the view of the Jaisalmer Fort, surrounded by the cenotaph where the royals were cremated. After sunset you can downtown to take a walk through the streets of the market.

Visit Wall inside the Jaisalmer Fort: The fort of Jaisalmer is undoubtedly the strongest that you will like best in all of Rajasthan. The best view of wall can be seen in early morning. From the moment you enter the entrance door to the walls it seems to be catapulted into a Disney movie. The entire fort is ochre yellowish and within the walls there are still many shops, bars and restaurants that animate the narrow streets. You can go all the way along the streets of the fort, climbing up to the view point, where there are the ancient cannons , to admire Jaisalmer on the other and look at the expanse of ochre-coloured houses that stand out beneath the fort.

Visit the Jain temples:- In Jian temples, there are seven temples to be exact. All the temples are built with a ductile stone and easy to carve and for this reason you can admire ceilings, arches and columns entirely carved with countless shapes and figures, different the gods represented. To get in, you have to take off your shoes, bottles of water and leather goods are not allowed.

Visit Palace of the fort:- The building is spread over seven floors and the rooms follow one after the other until you reach the roof from where you can enjoy a splendid view of both the Thar desert and the city below.

 Visit streets Markets:- Finally, allow yourself an hour, or even two, to wander the streets of the market. Leaving the First Fort Gate, go down to the left, following the narrow streets and browse through the many small shops selling silver, handicrafts and textiles. You will then arrive at the Bhatia Market which is nothing but the market square where several ladies sell fruit and vegetables sitting on the ground and with the goods on a tablecloth.

 Visit Nathmal-ki haveli:- With Nathmal-Ki-Haveli facade full of bas-reliefs, however, a few streets beyond the Sadar Bazar , you will find the Patwa ki haveli . Here you can enter a narrow alley and admire the facade of stone haveli and finely crafted. The first wing of the haveli is open to the public and you will find the Patawa ki haveli museum, a private museum that illustrates the daily life of the wealthy lords of Jaisalmer in the nineteenth century.

Do Camel Safari in Jaisalmer:- Camel safari and overnight in a tent. The tent is really spacious and clean, with a private bathroom. The tour in the dunes waiting for the sunset is really impressive, even if the Thar Desert does not have the typical dunes that can be expected from a sandy desert. The sun that falls behind the horizon, the sand dunes ... the next dinner under a beautifully starry sky and sleeping in a tent.

Boating in Gadisar Lake

Parasailing

Paramotoring

Quad Biking

Dune Bashing

Visiting the Indo-Pak Border

 However, it would be a very nice experience, which in my opinion should be done once in a lifetime.

Desert National Sanctuary

The Desert National Park is one of the major national parks in Rajasthan and is located near the city of Jaisalmer . Around an area of ​​3162 square kilometers, the national park is one of the largest national parks in the country. The unique landscape of the national park is one of the biggest attractions for tourists from around the world. Almost 20 percent of the park is made up of sand dunes. The rest of the signal consists of fixed dunes, intermediate areas, salt lake bottoms and steep rocks. It is an excellent example of the desert ecosystem.

Despite the landscape, the national park abounds in bird life. The birds most commonly seen in the national park include the endangered Indian Bustard, sand worm, kestrels, laggar hawks, spotted eagles, red eagles, short toed eagles, vultures, buzzards, hawks, harriers and eagles. The National Desert Park also has an impressive collection of plants and animal fossils that are as old as 180 million years old. The best time to visit the National Park of the Desert is between November and January. The most commonly seen wild animals in the national park include chinkara, black dollars, hedgehogs, wolves, desert cats, Bengal foxes and desert foxes. You want to know tour around India.

The most important attraction of the national park is the great Indian bustard, which is a magnificent bird found in very few numbers. The bird is brown and white, is about one meter tall and has long legs and neck. Some of the other attractions near the Desert National Park are Sam's sand dunes located near the Thar Desert and the Gadsisar Sagar tank. The Gadsisar Sagar tank is one of the most popular tourist spots in Rajasthan. A large number of migratory birds visit the lake during winters every year. Tourists can also enjoy jeep safaris to explore a greater part of the area.