Rajasthan, India
Northern India contains the state of Rajasthan. Its overall size is 342,239 square kilometers (132,139 square miles), or 10.4% of India's total land area. In terms of area, it is the biggest Indian state, and in terms of population, it ranks eighth. Along the Sutlej-Indus River valley, it borders the Pakistani provinces of Sindh to the west and Punjab to the northwest. It is located on the northwest side of India, where it includes the majority of the vast and hostile Thar Desert, also referred to as the Great Indian Desert. The Dilwara Temples, a Jain pilgrimage site at Rajasthan's only hill station, Mount Abu, in the ancient Aravalli mountain range and eastern Rajasthan, the ruins of the Indus Valley civilization at Kalibangan and Balathal, and the Keoladeo National Park of Bharatpur, a World Heritage Site renowned for its bird life, are some of its main features. Three national tiger reserves—the Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve in Kota, the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwar, and the Ranthambore National Park in Sawai Madhopur—are also located in Rajasthan.Dal-baati-churma is very popular in Rajasthan.
