If you're in Jaipur, I recommend going to the Monkey Temple, just outside the city about 3 km east in the town of Galta. There are roughly 5,000 monkeys that call the surrounding area their home. The temple is dedicated to Hanuman and the temple grounds are inhibited by priests and worshipers. The temple grounds are quite pretty. There were a lot of people bathing in the pools around the temple grounds.
It was definitely a great sight but got a little bit unnerving when the monkeys started to move from one side of the mountain to the other by crossing the stairs that lead to the exit just as we were starting to leave. I followed an older woman who was completely calm and not bothered at all by the monkeys running in front of her, sitting and eating or sliding down the wall to cross.
Another note to those traveling - apparently it is good luck to give food to monkeys and we were in luck, there was a guy right outside the temple grounds selling peanuts. What are the odds??
It was definitely a great sight but got a little bit unnerving when the monkeys started to move from one side of the mountain to the other by crossing the stairs that lead to the exit just as we were starting to leave. I followed an older woman who was completely calm and not bothered at all by the monkeys running in front of her, sitting and eating or sliding down the wall to cross.
Another note to those traveling - apparently it is good luck to give food to monkeys and we were in luck, there was a guy right outside the temple grounds selling peanuts. What are the odds??
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