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In the beginning, this semi-arid region had only its blank monochromatic palette to offer. No school of painting thrived till history and circumstances took up this colouless page and made it blossom with art for almost two centuries - from 1750 to 1930. Today , this region is commonly called the open-air art gallery of Rajasthan. Most of the painted towns and villages are concentrated in the west and the north of the shekhawati and can be reached with equal ease from Delhi, Jaipur or Bikaner. SIKAR DISTRICT
JHUNJHUNU DISTRICT The district town of Jhunjhunu, the capital of new Shekhawati , was another stronghold of the Kayamkhani Nawabs till 1730 when Shardul Singh estabilished Hindu rule and his descendants then ruled this region till India's Independence. The aesthetically painted havelis, easily accessible, are those of Marugh Das Tibriwal, Mehau Dass Modi and Khaitans. Further, the Khetri Mahal (Wind Palace) is known for its purity, just as the Bihariji temple deserves admiration for its ornate frescoes. Besides, there are many other places worth visiting in this oldest historical city. Prominent among these are Badalgarh, Jorawargarh, Mertani Baori, Kamruddin Shah Ki Dargah, Birdi Chand Ka Kuan, Ajit Sagar and Jain Temple. CHURU DISTRICT
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Spread
over Jhunjhunu, Sikar and Churu district in north eastern Rajasthan, Shekhawati
as a region is known for its beautifully painted havelis, in its nearly 20 odd
towns and numerous villages.
In
feudal times it was the largest contributer to the Jaipur exchequer. Founded in
the late 17th century, the town of Sikar has good examples of frescoes in the
Gopinath, Raghunath and Madan Mohan temples and the fort. The Jubilee Hall, Madho
Niwas kothi, Biwani Haveli and Sodhani Haveli are also worth visting.
Once
on the Shekhawati map, Churu is famous for Kothari haveli (1915) Kanhaya Lal Bugla
haveli (1870) with superb life-size paintings of Dhola Maru, Sasi -Punu and the
six- storeyed high Surana haveli with more than eleven hundred doors and windows
and many other havelis.
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