Friday 22 January 2016

MORE TRAVELS IN RAJASTHAN

January 2016

Sandstone screen Jaisalmer Palace



Jain Temple sanctuary Jaisalmer



Interior, Jain Temple, Jaisalmer


 Temple offerings Bikana



Morning in the courtyard at Laxmi Niwas Palace Bikaner



Water vessel with embossed Ganesha image, Deshnoke



Karni Mata * (Temple of Rats), Deshnoke


Sunset from the walls of Khimsar Fort.



Indian Black Buck Antelope (male) near Khimsar.



The sacred lake at Pushka. Its creation is associated with Brahma * .



Pushka Market place

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Friday 15 January 2016

TRAVELS IN RAJASTHAN



Sundial at Jantar Mantar, Astronomical/Astrological Observatory, Jaipur. Built in the early 1700s



Jantar Mantar, Astronomical/Astrological Observatory, Jaipur.



Jantar Mantar, Astronomical/Astrological Observatory, Jaipur.


In the Chitrashala pavilion of Garh Palace Bundi.



In the Chitrashala pavilion of Garh Palace Bundi.



Victory tower Chittorgarh.



We had lunch in the Gul Mahal pleasure pavilion on Lake Pichola Udaipur.


An internal fountain in the City Palace Udaipur.



Intriguing set of European wall tiles on New Testament Biblical themes in the City Palace Udaipur.


The fortress of Kumbhalgarh.



Temples within the fortress's perimeter walls.



Elephant frieze Kumbhalgarh Fort.





Two wall paintings in Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur. They show the influence of the Italian craftsmen skilled, in stone-inlay work, who were brought to work on the Taj Mahal by Shah Jahan.