Dilwara Temples

Breathtaking.............. Awe inspiring.............Amazing

These temples inspire all these feelings at a whole different level. Even the recall is giving me goosebumps.

It's the architecture. It's so intricate and exquisite........that it's no longer just visual, you kind of feel something of it in your bones. You feel in the presence of god, of where man has achieved something of such immense art and beauty that you can but stand and gape in awe and respect.

The Dilwara temples built on Mount Abu, the only hill station in Rajasthan, is actually five temples built between the 10th and 12th centuries. They are dedicated to five of the thirthankaras of Jainism. 

While now the town of Mount Abu has grown around the temple, it is said that when it was built and until quite recently too, the temples were the only structures atop the mountain and surrounded by thick forest. Can only imagine how that would have felt or looked like.

We're not allowed cameras into the precincts( and this is one place I could totally understand why), so the pictures here are all courtesy Google. 

The pictures only give an idea of the place. For the feeling, I'd say it's a once in lifetime must visit.