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Nishant Birman
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It's nice looking places for experience and experience pink sandstone. It was sits at Jan Path on the Jaipur Nagar Nigam Road. It was built to commemorate the martyrs from Jaipur who served the country during the wartime. But no restroom there's.
If you go with realistic expectations then this will be an ok trip! I’d read some good reviews and some bad, on trip advisor and Pinterest blogs. If wasn’t included on our private tour but trey made a diversion when I asked, though the tour operator advised this was an unclean place and not to engage with anyone there.
Our driver assisted us to buy the tickets (about 100 rupees) and you pay an extra 50 to take a camera (this includes a phone camera), then he left us to it. Whilst this is a working temple with pilgrims going to bathe in the tanks, it looks very run down and in a state of disrepair. The bones of the place show that it was once an impressive temple and if it was restored it could be again. However, currently, there’s a lot of rubble and barbed wire and it has a desolate feel. There are several stairs up so it’s not ideal for people with mobility issues. I’d read it was very dirty and smelly but I didn’t really notice that, yes there was rubbish but there’s a lot of rubbish in India. Compared to other temples that are kept immaculate then there was a big difference but not as bad as some reviews made out (perhaps there’s been a clean up?). Our tickets were checked on the way up the steps and we chose not to enter the working temple area having been warned the priests can harass you for offerings of to feed the monkeys, so we were left alone. It’s great to see the monkeys but we kept a respectful distance as rabies is still prevalent in India currently. We’d previously had advice not to make eye contact and definitely to stay away from the babies as their mothers would be very territorial. Some of the monkeys were big and I definitely would not have wanted to upset them! But, if you leave them alone there are no issues. We saw other tourists having photos with them and feeding them but I really wouldn’t recommend this. We only spent about 45 mins there, long enough to have a wander about and take some photos. I’d say go if you have time but it’s probably not worth going out of your way for either all the sights available in Jaipur that are more geared for tourists.
I am seriously conflicted about Galtaji and I am usually extremely clear in my mind about a place. Let me explain why and readers may decide if they wish to visit or not. As a site, Galtaji is fabulous. The engineering itself is mind-blowing. Photographers will find it a gem of a place. Be it the crumbling havelis (buildings) or the fading frescoes, every frame is a delight. The steps that curve past the tanks and end at the small temple on top also provide exquisite views. This temple is dedicated to Galab Rishi (I read up on him on Google.) HOWEVER, this place is TEEMING with Macaques that pour down these stairs I just raved about. They are not aggressive but Rabies is present in India and even an accidental scratch may need vaccination. plus it is rather terrifying to know that they can (and may) inflict bites.
These monkeys are well fed but the rotting/extra fruits are NEVER cleared. So mounds of fermenting bananas, carrots and tomatoes (to name a few food items) just lie around making this place an eyesore. Add to this piles of wet clothes discarded by the pilgrims taking a bath in the middle kund (waterbody) where the water is cold and clean. The topmost temple kund is enclosed and incredibly dirty. The people...I suppose the locals... are extremely officious. There is a charge for camera and they checked randomly as we climbed the stairs. It wasn't the checking we minded so much as the tone, which was offensive. they were sort of challenging us to show the counterfoil. This was silly because it had already been checked at the entrance and there were only a handful of tourists.
Our driver assisted us to buy the tickets (about 100 rupees) and you pay an extra 50 to take a camera (this includes a phone camera), then he left us to it. Whilst this is a working temple with pilgrims going to bathe in the tanks, it looks very run down and in a state of disrepair. The bones of the place show that it was once an impressive temple and if it was restored it could be again. However, currently, there’s a lot of rubble and barbed wire and it has a desolate feel. There are several stairs up so it’s not ideal for people with mobility issues. I’d read it was very dirty and smelly but I didn’t really notice that, yes there was rubbish but there’s a lot of rubbish in India. Compared to other temples that are kept immaculate then there was a big difference but not as bad as some reviews made out (perhaps there’s been a clean up?). Our tickets were checked on the way up the steps and we chose not to enter the working temple area having been warned the priests can harass you for offerings of to feed the monkeys, so we were left alone. It’s great to see the monkeys but we kept a respectful distance as rabies is still prevalent in India currently. We’d previously had advice not to make eye contact and definitely to stay away from the babies as their mothers would be very territorial. Some of the monkeys were big and I definitely would not have wanted to upset them! But, if you leave them alone there are no issues. We saw other tourists having photos with them and feeding them but I really wouldn’t recommend this. We only spent about 45 mins there, long enough to have a wander about and take some photos. I’d say go if you have time but it’s probably not worth going out of your way for either all the sights available in Jaipur that are more geared for tourists.
I am seriously conflicted about Galtaji and I am usually extremely clear in my mind about a place. Let me explain why and readers may decide if they wish to visit or not. As a site, Galtaji is fabulous. The engineering itself is mind-blowing. Photographers will find it a gem of a place. Be it the crumbling havelis (buildings) or the fading frescoes, every frame is a delight. The steps that curve past the tanks and end at the small temple on top also provide exquisite views. This temple is dedicated to Galab Rishi (I read up on him on Google.) HOWEVER, this place is TEEMING with Macaques that pour down these stairs I just raved about. They are not aggressive but Rabies is present in India and even an accidental scratch may need vaccination. plus it is rather terrifying to know that they can (and may) inflict bites.
These monkeys are well fed but the rotting/extra fruits are NEVER cleared. So mounds of fermenting bananas, carrots and tomatoes (to name a few food items) just lie around making this place an eyesore. Add to this piles of wet clothes discarded by the pilgrims taking a bath in the middle kund (waterbody) where the water is cold and clean. The topmost temple kund is enclosed and incredibly dirty. The people...I suppose the locals... are extremely officious. There is a charge for camera and they checked randomly as we climbed the stairs. It wasn't the checking we minded so much as the tone, which was offensive. they were sort of challenging us to show the counterfoil. This was silly because it had already been checked at the entrance and there were only a handful of tourists.