I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo.

Amateur Traveler episode 650. Today the amateur traveler talks about palaces and

fortresses and temples, a wildlife sanctuary, a desert, and even a palace on wheels. a Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Let's talk about

Rajasthan. I'd like to welcome to the show Dr. Pontage Jane from the University of North Texas where he is

an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion. Dr. Jane

welcome to the show.

Thank you, Chris, for having me.

It's fun.

We're here.

And you are from Rajasthan in India, and that is what we're going to talk about today.

So thanks for coming on and telling us about your your home region here. You

grew up as I understand in Jodpur.

Jodpur, yeah. So my mother is from Jodpur, my father is from a very small village near Jodpur and I was born in Pali which is a small town near Joppur yes.

Excellent. Well why when somebody is planning a trip to India should they go to Rajasthan?

Rajasthan is fromasthan is, from my perspective, if not the most colorful state of India, certainly one of the

most colorful states of India.

Every major town, every small town city has a huge palace, fort. There were a lot of

kingdoms for centuries in Rajasthan, even after India got its independence in

1947, it continues to flourish with those palaces,

forts, festivals, songs, music, food, every part of Palestine is vibrant with colors. and some of those musical traditions have now become

very globalized and many of those groups now travel globally and so there is so much to offer

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