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Puppets in Jaisalmer museum preserve old tradition
Storytelling through puppetry is being kept alive at this museum, but more needs to be done if the ancient art form is to thrive.
Rajasthan music school trains ustads of tomorrow
Gunsar Folk Music Institute of Jaisalmer is wowing audiences across the world with soulful songs by its students from the poor Manganiyar community.
Garden in Thar desert stays green despite climate crisis
Bada Bagh in Jaisalmer has centuries-old trees and continues to defy starkly arid constantly changing weather conditions.
Add Jaisalmer’s desert festival to your bucket list
Good food, great music and frenzied camel racing pull crowds from across India to Rajasthan’s four-day desert festival.
Asia’s ‘biggest’ underground library in Rajasthan has no readers
In the middle of and, more notably, underneath the Thar desert, Bhadariya Library in Jaisalmer houses row upon row of books that very few people come to read these days.