Welcome to town of Havelis .
Huge havelis (Mansions) having its walls full of frescos & murals seems to be reciting its old glorious days. It seems like history has appointed these havelis as their spokeperson & none of the slightest glorious part can fade away.
Mandawa , a compact town situated in shekhawati reigion of Rajasthan, India is originally a town of traders. This town was a hub spot for traders coming from China & middleast. Town boasts some of country’s top notch business families uprooted from here. It is a compact town where you can find all the elements of a settlement in close proximity. You can find market, Havelis, restaurant, transport, banks, hospitals within a periphery of 3-4 kilometres & offcourse that means you can experience the town by just waking on the roads, no need of local transport. You can expect all Rajasthani flavours here including long moustache man, snake charmers, camel carts, Peacock and many more.
So whats in store- Art coupled with silence
Whats more attractive; art or silence? Mandawa offers both. Silence sets a perfect stage to look at art. A town where you find Havelis painted with beautiful wall paintings & seems eager to tell you many stories, its silence of the streets lets you go deep down in to the observance of the art & none of the town element seems to disturb you. Paintings on every surface in Haveli touch many dimensions of life including love, god, goddess, erotic, royal, elephants, horses, circus and many more.
Each haveli have got different type of paintings. Every surface of Havelis seems to be intricately painted. Most interesting part is the fact that these paintings have been painted using vegetable paints. All paintings are based on numerous concepts & watching these frescoes is just like watching a classic flick at best of your comfort.
Some of the famous Haveli in madawa are The Binsidhar Newatia, The Gulab Rai Ladia, sneh ram ladia, Chokhani, Saraf, Goenka. Some of these havelis have glass, brass work also. Main gates & windows have also been paid a great attention & these are also sample work of impressive art.
One thing which is to share & want to emphasise is that you find this town in utter silance. If you are a tourist from some metro city I am sure you are going to love it & your one or two day stay here will transform you. You are going to get a lot & lot time just for you. You don’t need any SPA to rejuvenate yourself & mere staying here & roaming around the town will wash away your mind & get you energised.
So you if you are an art enthusiastic or just a typical one who find himself/herself stuck in highly stressed metro city.. …visit Mandawa
