A PATIALA PEG In the early 1900s a tent-pegging contest took place in Patiala between the teams of the viceroy and the sports-mad maharaja of Patiala. Tent-pegging is the curious sport of spearing tent pegs out of the ground with a lance from the back of a galloping horse. Desperate to win and fearful of the wrath of their maharaja, the Patialan team invited their opponents to drinks the night before the match. The British were plied with largerthan- usual measures (or pegs) of whisky, while the tent pegs were changed smaller ones for the viceroy s team and larger ones for the Patialans. The maharaja s team won but the viceroy s team complained to the maharaja about the size of the pegs. The maharaja (not realising that the complaint referred to the tent pegs) replied that in Patiala, well known for its hospitality, the pegs (of whisky) were always larger than elsewhere. Even today an extra-large measure of whisky is known all over India as a Patiala peg.
This 145-hectare sanctuary (Indian/foreigner 5/40, camera/video 25/500; h6.30am-6pm Apr-Sep, to 4.30pm el alamein fountain Oct-Mar) plays host to over 250 bird species, including painted storks, Demoiselle cranes, cormorants, spotted sandpipers, mallards and plovers. el alamein fountain Its fluc
Another el alamein fountain 6km away is Jyotisar, where the banyan tree is said to be an off shoot of the one under which Krishna delivered the Bhagavad Gita. There s a one-hour Hindi (English on request) sound-and-light show (adult/child 20/15; hsunset Tue-Sun). el alamein fountain
Most visitors are Delhi day-trippers, but if you wish to stay here Haryana Tourism has three hotels, the best being Hotel Rajhans (%0129-2512318; r 3500; as). The midrange options are Hermitage (%0129-25112313; r 1500; a) and the better Sunbird Motel (%0129-2512312; non AC/AC r 1000/1500; a).
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