"<strong>Shekhawati, Rajasthan: </strong>Some of the best preserved <a href=""/2015/12/21/travel/india-haveli-painted-mansions/index.html"" target=""_blank"">havelis, India's lavishly decorated heritage mansions</a>, can be found in Rajasthan's Shekhawati region. Once built as a means of boasting of one's wealth, the facades and interiors of havelis are covered with exquisite and colorful wall murals that depict everything from the owner's travel memoirs to folk mythology. <a href=""/2016/05/03/hotels/india-himalayan-hideaways/index.html"" target=""_blank"">READ: Wonder walls: Inside India's exquisitely decorated haveli mansions</a>"
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