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The Nine Stages of Experiencing Narendra Bhawan Bikaner

ONE : Envy & FOMO You’ve seen photographs on the Instagram feeds of friends and acquaintances. You’ve heard their experiences. You’ve been checking the hotel’s website and the hotel’s Instagram…

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Narendra Bhawan Bikaner, July 2020

Let me preface by saying that just because I’m writing about traveling during the pandemic, you must not take it as a suggestion to travel as well. We all have…

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My Favourite Things at Narendra Bhawan, Bikaner #NAINAxNarendraBhawan

Looking at the number of photo stories I’ve done from the city of Bikaner, it seems that we did more touristy things in Bikaner than we did in Jaisalmer. Very…

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Merchants’ Trail, Rampuria Havelis, Bikaner #NAINAxNarendraBhawan

We did a LOT of things in Bikaner. Narendra Singh Bhawan had arranged for a bunch of trails across the city. We’d already visited Bikaji Ki Tekri, seen the Sadul…

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Lunch at Laxmi Niwas #NAINAxNarendraBhawan

After visiting Bikaji Ki Tekri and the Sadul Singh Museum, the Narendra Bhawan team had planned lunch for us at the Laxmi Niwas Palace. There’s some insanely beautiful and intricate…

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Sadul Singh Museum #NAINAxNarendraBhawan

After we’d visited Bikaji Ki Tekri, the next stop on the itinerary was Sadul Singh Museum, right next to the Laxmi Niwas Palace, where lunch had been arranged for us…

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Bikaji Ki Tekri #NAINAxNarendraBhawan #EyesForRajasthan

Above, Narendra Bhawan looking lovely with the blue sky, clouds and a riot of Bougainvillea flowers. On our second day in Bikaner, the hotel had planned a bunch of experiences…

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#CoverUp 97 #NAINAxNarendraBhawan #EyesForRajasthan

( All images are clickable for viewing in larger sizes. ) If I had been a guest of Maharaja Narendra Singh, and I’d been invited to stay over at the…

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Bye Suryagarh! Hello Narendra Bhawan! #EyesForRajasthan #NAINAxNarendraBhawan

( All images are clickable for viewing in larger sizes. ) As much as Suryagarh was the epitome of luxury and luxurious experiences, Narendra Bhawan in Bikaner was the epitome…

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Lunch at an Oasis, Jaisalmer #NAINAxSuryagarh

Previous photo stories from this trip : – #CoverUp personal style feature that was photographed at Suryagarh ;– recorded one episode of my podcast, The Naina Redhu Experience, from the roof of my…

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Dinner on The Dunes #NAINAxSuryagarh

( As always, all images are clickable if you’d like to view larger versions – especially the panorama ones and the ones with the stars. ) Our second day at…

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Welcome to Suryagarh ( #EyesForRajasthan Day 03 ) #NAINAxSuryagarh

What do you do when you visit a place that’s supposed to be a hotel but feels like home? ( And not just because you’re working on a gig with…

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#CoverUp 96 #NAINAxRayBan #NAINAxPureGhee at Suryagarh, Jaisalmer #EyesForRajasthan

Sometimes, the colours just work. Jaisalmer is known as the “Golden City” because of the yellow stone and the color of the sand dunes. The wonderful “hotel” we were being…

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