07/05/2026
Shekhawati Travel Guide 2026: Indiaโs Greatest Open-Air Art Gallery
Somewhere between Delhi and Bikaner, in a semi-arid stretch of northern Rajasthan that most tourists drive straight through on their way to Jaipur, there is a region where the walls speak. Shekhawati_painted_houses by Ahron de Leeuw, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not metaphorically. Literally. The walls of the havelis โ the grand merchant mansions โ of the Shekhawati region are covered, floor to ceiling, inside and out, with frescoes painted in natural mineral pigments onto lime plaster....
Somewhere between Delhi and Bikaner, in a semi-arid stretch of northern Rajasthan that most tourists drive straight through on theirโฆ