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 Rajasthan Tour Dairies Day 3  Khimsar Fort is located near Khinvsar village, in the Nagaur district of Rajasthan in India, halfway between Jodhpur and Nagaur, on the eastern edge of the Thar Desert. The fortress was built in 1523 by Rao Karamsji, the 8th son of Rao Jodha of Jodhpur. Aurangzeb used to stay there while in Nagaur.   It has now an ITC group hotel.  While this property itself is quite beautiful the surprise is that there us another property owned by the same group belonging to the royal family in midst of the sand dunes It's pristine beauty with modern amenities is really awesome. We left from the Fort in the evening and within about 20 minutes reached the sand dunes.   A short jeep or camel ride takes you to the bottom of a small dune which you can enjoy climbing it with its fine sand its an experience and ftom the tip can view the sunset.  Getting down on the other side takes to about 15 luxury cottages surrounding a small pond.  The rustic and ethnic way of buildi

 Rajasthan Tour Dairies Day 2 contd.... Umaid Bhawan Museum A palace that was built to ensure that the people are getting engaged and get paid  during famine time by the King Maharaj Umaid Singh.  As a Polo player visiting London he knew to get the best man to design His palace and got Architect Leichester who had designed Westminister Abbey.  When asked about how big he wanted the palace to begin was supposed to have replied as big it can be   today its split into Kings private residence, a small portion as museum which has the wooden model prepared by the architect for approval and major portion as the hotel.  The palace has more than 300 plus rooms and in those days they had engaged 2 servants whose only job was to key the wall clocks in each of these rooms  Umaid Bhawan Palace , located in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, is one of the world's largest private residences. A part of the palace is managed by Taj Hotels. It is named after Maharaja Umaid Singh, grandfather of the present