Pandupol Hanuman Temple (Tuesday/Saturday-only pilgrim access).
Pandupol is on Sariska tourism maps but the access rules are routinely misunderstood: tigers and tourists share the road, so the forest department only permits private vehicles into the deep zone on Tuesdays and Saturdays (8am-3pm). The temple itself — dedicated to a Bhima-meets-Hanuman episode from the Mahabharata where Bhima is humbled — is also unusual for being one of very few Hindu shrines inside an active Project Tiger core zone, which means it's the rare site where pilgrim crowds and tiger conservation directly negotiate calendar dates.WHY NOBODY KNOWS
Go on a Tuesday (lighter than Saturday). The road in passes through Tiger Reserve Zone 1 and you may spot sambhar, nilgai and occasionally STR-2/STR-3 lineage tigers en route — eyes on the windshield, not phones. The 35-foot waterfall behind the temple runs only in monsoon (Jul-Sep, when the reserve is otherwise closed); winter visits are temple-only. ASI-style temple food (kheer + halwa prasad) served free 11am-1pm.
