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Bishnoi Village Safari is the most apt institution if you’re looking to get an authentic experience of Jodhpur’s rural regions. The tour takes guests on a jeep ride across the region and vies to give them a deeper insight into what life is like in these villages. Bishnoi Village Safari provides both, half day tours and full day tours, and also provide pickup services for their guests. Before the tour begins, guests are given a complete idea of their safari and the plan for the entire day.
Bishnoi Village Safari’s tour starts at Shepher’s Villaage, where visitors get a glimpse of how locals live. Guests also get to visit the Gudha Village which is a good place for wildlife spotting. Antelopes, Gazelles and Dumessilles Cranes are some of the creatures that guests get to witness. The tour also provides an opportunity for guests to try activities like pottery. Once the tour ends, guests get to enjoy traditional Rajasthani cuisine with a family in village Salawas.
History
Founded by Guru Jambheshwar (1451-1536) who is also known as Jambhaji, the Bishnoi sect is a religious and cultural destination. The term Vishnoi is used by some writers that mean the ones who follow Vishnu. But some sect members consider themselves as Bishnoi. Guru Jambheshwar did mention about Vishnu but did not refer to Bishnoi himself. Supporters and followers also call themselves as Prahladapanthi as they are devoted to a Hindu divine, Prahlada.
Guru Jambheshwar stated a set of 29 principles. The Shabadwani, which was written in the Nagri script, consists of 120 shabads and 29 principles. Ten out of his 29 principles are in the direction of personal hygiene and maintaining good essential health, 7 out of 29 are for healthy social behaviour, and 4 of them are for worshiping of God. The last eight are prescribed for bio-diversity. Most of the followers of the Bishnoi are not aware of the concept of global warming and animal husbandry. It includes a ban on animal killings and cutting trees while protecting all living beings in the ecosystem. The community needs to be sure that the firewood used shouldn’t have any small insects. There is a prohibition on wearing blue coloured clothes as the dye used for colouring is produced by cutting off a considerable amount of shrubs.
Guru Jambheshwar established the Bishnoi Village sect. He was born in 1451. The constant battles between the local Hindus and Muslim invaders led to tragedies. This resulted in the foundation of the Bishnoi sect. Guru Jambheshwar laid 29 rules and regulations as well as principles for his followers. The chief principle of the Bishnoi sect was the conservation of animals and trees and ultimately put an end to harming the environment. On his passing, he declared that black buck is his sign and consequently the species that must be conserved at any cost.
1. Guda village & Lake Side
The walking tracks around the Guda Lake and the smaller ponds around the area is where spotting of the varied wildlife like the black bucks, chinkaras, blue bulls, desert Fox, Indian Jackal, Migratory Birds, local bird species etc could be done. The accompanying guide has a fair knowledge of the various spotting. The species of Birds varies from summer to winter but the lake remains a hosting ground throughout the year.
2. Bishnoi Community
Bishnoi’s are an eco friendly community famous for their rich culture and are staunch worshippers of nature in all its forms specially the sanctity of plant and animal life. It is a Hindu religious sect found in the Western Thar Desert following a set of 29 principles/commandments given by Guru Jambheshwar There are an estimated 10,00,000 followers of Bishnoi sect residing in large number in states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh. They even pray the green trees and animals that inhabit their land. They make every effort to conserve the environment and the natural way of life. The Bishnoi worship Lord Vishnu and are vegetarians.
3. Salawas Durry -Weavers Family
Salawas, a land magic carpets; a land where fantasy and reality joins forces to keep alive one of its most famous traditions: the durry (Rugs). The durry (Rugs), weather weaved out of cotton or wool, spreads colourful tradition and heritage from its primitive form of weaving in the villages of Rajasthan. Make your home a cosier place by adding to it the magical glamour of India, with the colourful folklore of the durry (Rugs).Here you can buy or can see how these rugs are being manufactured. And this is our Home so we don’t pay to middle man. So you can get best quality and best rates.
4. Hand Block Printing
Block Print is making use of a carved piece of wood or any other type of wooden block to imprint an image on fabric or paper. Fantasy and printers creativity is carved as stencils on blocks of wood which are them immersed in dyes to draw patterns on fabric in an organised manner leaving spellbinding symmetry. Master craftsmen come from a community called the CHIPAS. In the early days of printing, it was used to print entire books. Today the process of block printing is popularly associated with making designs on fabrics by printing on them, with the help of a block made for that purpose. Believed to have its origin in Indian, block printing has been in use around the world now, for quite some time.
