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Murmuria Haveli -Engine with crows and a man standing in front Continuing with my earlier post on Havelis (Mansions) of Churu, Rajasthan, India , this post has some more mesmerizing havelis from the Shekhawati historical region. Mandawa which is a part of Shekhawati region is located around 190 km from Jaipur. A well-known place for Havelis (Mansions), Mandawa is a favourite location for film shoots. Some scenes from PK and Bajrangi Bhaijan were shot here. These pictures, courtesy Soma Jha, are from Murmuria, Gulab Rai Ladia, and Mohanlal Saraf Havelis. Murmuria Haveli,Mandawa- a bridge of Venice visible Painting of a Train  scenes from Venice Murmuria haveli paintings Beautiful paintings Murmuria, Mandawa More paintings on the walls Murmuria Haveli Murmuria Haveli, Mandawa Gulab Rai Ladia haveli-Mandawa-Rajasthan Gulab Rai Ladia haveli looks like African men perhaps musicians Lovely door-Gulab ...

Hotel Majli Ka Kamra Churu in North-eastern (Shekhawati  historical region) Rajasthan, is perhaps not one of the most popular destinations in Rajasthan, I wonder why....when you see these beautiful & mesmerizing havelis (Mansions) of Churu, you will most likely have Churu in your wish list. Churu, houses some really grand Mansions (havelis). These havelis were built by the merchants of Churu during the 17th to early 20th century. Located around 200 km from Jaipur (4 hours by road), you will need 3-4 hours to see the havelis. The names of all the havelis could not be found given the time constraint (spending more time talking to locals may have helped in getting the names perhaps..). All of these havelis are located around the mama-bhanja haveli, except Majli ka Kamra which is a hotel now. The interesting thing in all these havelis is the murals. While there are typical Indian themes like elephants, soldiers, etc, the havelis in Churu have some very different themes ...