Discover Alwar: Temples, Forts and Sariska

Alwar offers many different reasons to explore: the Government Museum is located in the heart of the city, inside Alwar City Palace, while temples, forts and a jeep safari offer other highlights. The regional cuisine is also part of the experience. When planning your holiday, it helps to first consider whether you want to focus mainly on the city's history, temples, historic sites or nature experiences.

City history and a local specialty

The Government Museum is located in Alwar City Palace, in the heart of Alwar. Those interested in culture will find a concrete starting point here for a visit to the city. You can complement this focus with Alwar ka Mawa: this local milk dessert is made with milk, sugar and cardamom. Its ingredients clearly distinguish it from the temple and fort visits that are also among the things to discover in Alwar.

Jeep safari and historic sites

Visitors can observe wildlife on a jeep safari in Sariska Tiger Reserve. Kankwadi Fort is also part of the experience: it is accessible only by jeep safari. So if you plan to visit, the safari is not just an opportunity to observe wildlife, but also a requirement for accessing the fort.

Bhangarh Fort in Alwar district combines a main palace with the remains of a large settlement. The surviving areas include royal palaces, roofless houses, empty temples and an abandoned market area. The settlement remains include more than 9,000 houses. This makes Bhangarh a distinctive kind of visit: alongside the main palace, the site is defined by many different remains.

Temples with different experiences

Neelkanth Temple is located on a remote hill in the buffer zone of Sariska Tiger Reserve and can be reached only by a steep path. Its location and the steep approach are important considerations when choosing your visits. The complex includes an intact Shiva temple and the scattered remains of around 200 temples. This site brings together a preserved shrine and numerous individual remains.

Pandupol Hanumanji Mandir in Alwar district is associated with the Pandavas' exile and houses a reclining statue of Hanuman. A festival also contributes to the site's religious significance: Lakhi Mela typically takes place during Chaitra Navratri. If you are especially interested in temples and religious traditions, this place offers different points of interest from sites with preserved buildings and settlement remains.

Tijara Jain Temple is located in Tijara tehsil of Alwar district and is dedicated to Chandra Prabhu, the eighth Tirthankara. Its rectangular floor plan and the inner hall, which can accommodate around 2,000 people, give the building a clear spatial description. Along with the temples at Neelkanth and Pandupol, Tijara shows how varied the religious destinations in Alwar can be.

Choose the right focus for your accommodation

When choosing a holiday rental, it can help to group the visits you want to make by location: the museum is in the heart of the city, Neelkanth Temple is on a remote hill, and Tijara Jain Temple is in Tijara tehsil. If you mainly want to visit Bhangarh or go on a jeep safari in Sariska Tiger Reserve, you can add these destinations to your list of priorities too. This way, you can base your accommodation search on the experiences that matter most to you, rather than treating every outing as the same kind of activity.

Discover more places

To explore more places, you can also find Alwar, Neemrana, Behror, Bagar Meo, Bhiwadi, Tehla, Tapukara, Samra and Tijara here.

For the broader travel overview: Rajasthan.