Low Aravalli ridges line the eastern sky, and below them the sandy bed of the Luni waits for the monsoon. Raipur sits on that plain, a small tehsil town on the Delhi to Ahmedabad highway. Its Ganesha temple is the landmark people name first, and many still call the town Raipur Marwar, after the Rathore estate it once was.
East lies Devmali, where families still build their homes from mud and thatch. West, the henna fields of Sojat wait for the rains, and south the Todgarh-Raoli forest climbs into leopard country. Summers are fierce, rains come from July to September, and winters are mild. A Local Friend shows you the bend of the river they love most, and its story.
