Guda Bishnoi Village

Guda Bishnoi Village is a tribal hamlet located at a distance of 15 km from the Jodhpur city. The beautiful Khejri trees and the Guda Bishnoi Lake add beauty to the village. Tourists can spot here peacocks, black bucks, antelopes, chinkaras, cranes and various migratory birds. In addition to the Hindu deity Vishnu, the inhabitants of the village also worship gazelles and chinkara deer. Guda Bishnoi Village is a popular tribal village, which is quite popular for its deer population and Khejri trees. A visit to this village offers memorable sights of migratory birds, peacocks and herds of deer. This village is also famous for housing cranes, chinkaras, antelopes and black bucks. During your visit to the Bishnoi village, you can observe the traditional lifestyle of the villagers.
The Bishnoi Village Safari was an initiative commenced by the Raja’s and Maharaja’s of Jodhpur to showcase the rich culture, royal traditions of Rajasthan to the tourists & Visitors. Tourist visit here to experience village life style. Villagers stay in small sand cottages known as Dhani, floors are made of mud and cow dung to protect from insects. Villagers worship Lord Vishnu, cutting of trees or burying/cremation of the dead is prohibited in village area as people here are very possessive towards protecting the nature.
Safari tours & tour guides can be booked, tours to the village will give close exposure with lifestyle of local village people, and most of the residents of the village are bishnoi families. One can tour around the village; witness the beauty of the guda lake and wildlife, typical marwari cuisine, day to day life style of the Villagers. There are cottages & resorts with all the basic amenities for the tourists who want to spend a day over at the village. Besides there are camel treks and desert safaris to take give whole tour around the village premises.
The Bishnoi community inhabits the village. The villagers are staunch worshippers of nature in all its forms, specially the sanctity of plant and animal life. They even pray to the green trees and animals that inhabit their land. In this world of exploitation everywhere, they make every effort to conserve the environment. Another fact about the Bishnoi tribals is that they worship Lord Vishnu and are vegetarians.
Around the Guda Bishnoi Lake, you can see numerous migratory birds like domicile Cranes etc, blackbucks and chinkaras. This pond is drinking point for antelopes black bucks of near by area. The Guda Bishnoi village in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India is a kind of desert oasis. It is the perfect place to experience the traditions and customs of tribal life. It is a place caught in a delightful time warp, where life still goes on like the days of the past.