31 India Post
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August 26, 2011
Mount Abu, the only hill station in Rajasthan, offers you the best of all possible worlds, with more scenic beauty, more architecture and archaeology in the form of the famous Dilwara caves, the chief center for the Brahmakumaris and a generous peppering of temples
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ount Abu is one of the popular Jain pilgrimage sites. Going by its lushness, it is called 'the Paradise of Rajasthan'. Mount Abu, the only hill station in Rajasthan, offers you the best of all possible worlds, with more scenic beauty, more architecture and archaeology in the form of the famous Dilwara caves, the chief center for the Brahmakumaris and a generous peppering of temples which shows that the place is exceptionally favored by the gods. Abu has been an important place of penance for the sages. The shops on both sides of the road are glitteringly alive, as late as 10 p.m. on a winter night. In case it is a winter trip
that, one can just arrive in Abu, at any time of the night or day, employ a wheelbarrow, which will take your luggage all over Abu for few rupees while you check out a place to stay. This is, in fact the best time to visit if the cold does not bother you too much (it is usually warmer than a Delhi winter). All hotels are available at half rates and the best of rooms can be yours for a rate that suits your budget. Abu in summer is definitely a retreat from the heat of the plains. A summer visit requires careful plan-
ning, and rooms should be booked at least two months in advance. Everything, from hotels to restaurants, to transport is at double the rates, and beware of the new monster - the Marutis, in every color which cover the landscape and race pugnaciously around the hills. Yet, the little township is well prepared to handle tourists. Cont’d on page 33