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Ancient Shiva temple north of Udaipur, the family deity of the Mewar rulers, known for its four-faced Shiva idol.
Eklingji at Kailashpuri is dedicated to Shiva as Eklingnath, regarded as the true ruler of Mewar with the Maharanas acting as his regents. The walled complex holds a large main shrine with a four-faced black stone idol and many smaller temples. Darshan is held in set sessions through the day, and the temple is busy on Mondays and during Shivratri.
Krishna temple in Jaipur's City Palace complex, the city's most beloved shrine with set jhanki darshans.
15th-century Jain temple to Adinath with a forest of over a thousand carved marble pillars.
Deshnoke shrine to Karni Mata, famous for thousands of rats revered as sacred inside the temple.
Seven interconnected yellow-sandstone Jain temples inside Jaisalmer Fort, open to visitors only in the morning.
Shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, one of South Asia's most visited Sufi pilgrimage sites.
Major pilgrimage temple in Sikar district devoted to Shyam Baba (Barbarika), drawing huge crowds at the Phalgun mela.
One of the very few temples in India dedicated to Lord Brahma, standing near the holy Pushkar Lake.
India's largest fort by area, a UNESCO hill fort on a 180 m mesa, central to Mewar's history of sieges and sacrifice.