Jaipur

Rajasthan·hills · fort

The winner of the award for the best Heritage hotel in the country, for 5 consecutive years, The Samode Palace, situated in the Aravalli range of hills, just outside the city of Jaipur in Rajasthan, India.

Rajasthan

The making of colourful lac bangles, over the heat of burning coal. Lacquer bangles of Jaipur are very popular. The lac used for making bangles is natural lac which is coloured using coloured lac by heating it.

Rajasthan·industry

Jaipur city from its outskirts, where industrial activity is visible in the form of black smoke rising from chimneys, covering the city in a haze of smog.

Rajasthan·industry · railway

Jaipur metro project under construction near Sitaram Mandir in Jaipur. Jaipur Metro is a rapid transit system in the city of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Rajasthan

Artificial limb making in process at Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) in Jaipur. Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) is the world's largest organisation serving the disabled.

Rajasthan·crafts

Kundan jewellery embedded with sapphire stone : a popular choice among the Rajasthanis in India. Meenakari also another traditional Rajasthani jewellery on display in a store.

Rajasthan

An Indian chef makes Rajasthani ghewar at his shop in Jaipur Rajasthan. He pours batter in Kadhai and fries it in hot ghee. Ghewar is an Indian Mithai or dessert.

Rajasthan·festival · wildlife

The Elephant Festival of Jaipur gained fame as one of Rajasthan's and North India's most colorful Fairs in the short time. We see elephants, horses decorated in colorful traditional finery at the Festival.

Rajasthan·festival · wildlife

The Jaipur Elephant Festival takes place on Holi eve each year. What better way to commence Holi celebrations! The festival gets underway with a traditional procession of decorated elephants though the streets of Jaipur towards the Chaugan…

Rajasthan·festival · wildlife

Decorated elephant at the annual elephant festival in Jaipur, India. Elephant Festival is a festival celebrated in Jaipur city in Rajasthan state in India. It is held on the day of Holi festival, usually in the month of March.

Jaipur, Rajasthan·highway · fort

This is the road leading towards Neemrana. Neemrana is an ancient historical town in Alwar district of Rajasthan, India, situated at 122 km from Delhi on the Delhi-Jaipur highway in Behror tehsil.

Rajasthan·river

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An Indian chef fries 'Bati' from Rajasthani dish known as Daal Baati Churma at Natraj Restaurant in Jaipur, India.

Jaipur, Rajasthan·festival · music

Rajasthani folks performing a traditional folk song during Holi festival celebration in Jaipur, Were one of the performer plays the folk musical instrument Algoja.

Jaipur, Rajasthan

Light show at International Rajasthani Conclave, 2000 held in the Birla Auditorium of Jaipur.

Rajasthan·music

Ahmed Hussain and Mohammed Hussain are ghazal singers from Jaipur, capital of Rajasthan state in India. Ahmed and Mohammed Hussain are two brothers who sing classical ghazals.

Rajasthan·architecture

Village Dhami Khurd Bagru area is located in the Jaipur city/town, Jaipur district, Rajasthan state, India. Jaipur is the famous city and capital of Rajasthan.

Rajasthan·lake · river

Udaipur, known as the City of Lakes, is a city, a Municipal Corporation and the administrative headquarters of the Udaipur district in the state of Rajasthan in western India.

Rajasthan·old town · architecture

Jaipur is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. It was founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, after whom the city has been named.

Rajasthan

Jaipur, also popularly known as the 'Pink City', is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan.

Rajasthan·fort · highway

Rani Ki Baoli, located just off the Jaipur--Dehli highway in Neemarana, Rajasthan. It was built by Thakur Janak Singh in 1700, it's nine storeys deep, with the last two levels underwater.

Rajasthan·aerial · highway

Gurgaon looks very beautiful with green fresh forest and congestion free traffic on Delhi-Ajmer expressway. Moreover, we can see thousand of buildings and the bit of air pollution. The clouds float beautifully under the clear blue sky.

Rajasthan·industry

Workers cleans and heats gemstone into the fire using a large bushy flame. Usually the stone is heated to soften it and to obtain a desired shape.