Rajasthan

desert · highway

Churu lies at the edge of the Thar desert and its colourful buildings bely the dreariness beyond. Many of them are bathed in pinks and blues. Churu is a city in the desert region of Rajasthan state of India.

wildlife · birds

Local man of Kichan Village in Rajasthan carrying a sack full of grains and spreading it out in fields as food supply for migratory Demoiselle Cranes.

livestock · festival

This cultural and trade cum religious fair is an attractive and lively spectacle with Rajasthani men and women in their colourful traditional attire, saffron-robed and ash smeared Sadhus (holy men) and thousands of bulls, cows, sheep, goats…

festival · dance

Women performing traditional dance form on the streets of Rajasthan during the festival of colours - Holi. In Rajasthan holi is celebrated on a scale involving the entire state.

village · livestock

In a tiny village called Sonkhaliya on the Kota Cross Road, time has its own speed and the folk culture is the only culture. It is famous among bird enthusiasts for sightings of the Great Indian Bustard and the Lesser Florican.

desert · river

Rājasthān, known as "The land of kings", is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India.

bazaar · festival

The vibrant atmosphere of Pushkar Fair, where roads are filled with large crowds of visitors, pilgrims, traders, and tourists.

aerial · monsoon

This stunning aerial drone footage captures the expansive beauty of Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, filmed from a hills vantage point, offering a broad and cinematic perspective of the region.

music · festival

Qawwali singer Yusuf Khan giving his presentation at The Neemrana Music Foundation at the Neemrana Fort Palace. Yousuf Khan Nizami, born in 1974, is a talented singer in Sufi style singing as well as modern Qawwali singing.

wildlife · forest

Ranthambhore sevika are a team of dedicated Doctors working for the betterment of the society and in turn contributing to save the tiger under the Prakratik Society's programs...

A Russian-made MiG-27 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed near the Jodhpur airbase in Rajasthan this afternoon during a training flight, underscoring the perils of an ageing aircraft fleet.

fort · aerial

Flying over Chand Baori and Harshad Mata temple in Abhaneri. The Chand Baori is only one of thousands of magnificent step-well remaining in India.

fort · old town

A superb flight over history and heritage: Nahargarh Fort in Rajasthan. Nahargarh Fort sits proudly on a ridge of the Aravalli Hills, creating an impressive northern backdrop to the city of Jaipur.

livestock

A pair of young male goats play around and playfully butt with each other, practicing real world male superiority dynamics at a goat farm in Rajasthan. The rest of the goats are fed at their feeding trough within the pen.

village · wildlife

People in the desert village of Khichan in Rajasthan are expectantly waiting for their friends. It must be cold in Mongolia, and the time for the Demoiselle Cranes to undertake their annual expedition.

village

A woman stitches on an old-fashioned sewing machine in Balesariya village of Banera Tehsil in Bhilwara district of Rajasthan. It is situated 8km away from sub-district headquarter Banera and 22km away from district headquarter Bhilwara.

Women of Rajasthan, all colourfully attired, celebrate the Indian festival of colours in a village called Bhavrani in the Jalore district of Rajasthan. The women have veiled their faces as an Indian tradition singing folk Rajasthani songs.

old town · flowers

A cute little Rajasthani boy dances as a man plays Chikara instrument in the premises of Samode Palace in Rajasthan, India.

Salvadora persica, is a species of Salvadora. Salvadora persica has antiurolithiatic properties. Used for centuries as a natural toothbrush, its fibrous branches have been promoted by the World Health Organization for oral hygiene use.

river · lake

An old man searches for coin money using a magnet from the sacred Pushkar Lake in Rajasthan. He drags the magnet at the bottom of the lake, in search of coins dropped by Hindu devotees.

dance

This is one of the most difficult traditional dance forms of Rajasthan. Women and men carry 8-9 earthen pots or brass pitchers on their head and swaying to the rhythm of the song.

fort

Fly over the fabulous Neemrana Fort-palace at Night. The aerial view of the ancient town of Neemara and the fort in Alwar district of Rajasthan. One can see the Neemrana town and the fort and Aravalli hills in the background at night.

Marwari women gather for post-Holi celebration at a palace in Bhavrani. They wear their colourful Ghanghra Choli along with their traditional jewellery and sit in the women's' court of the palace.