18 Apr 2009

2464 Rajasthan Sampark Kranti Express

Dilli Cantonment to Bikaner city Junction

the 2464 is actually two trains, after Jaipur one goes south to Jodhpur & the other north to Bikaner.

Bikaner was also one of the first states to get the railways,
the first line was laid from Bikaner to Ganganagar(?)
Bikaner was established by the Rao Bikaji late 15th century, scion of the Jodhpur royal family
thus the two cultures are similar



a lucky shot from the train
An antelope - Nilgai family
the mother and calf are light colored like sand, hardly visible
and the male is darker, with stripes on the legs






End March early April the harvesting is in full swing,
in the middle of the arid landscape it was a fulfilling sight to see stacks of golden harvest




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