Rajasthan

wildlife · forest

In the growing darkness of the winter evening, the leopard's spots give it a good measure of camouflage in this scrub forest of Rajasthan where it is busily consuming its nilgai antelope prey, after a successful hunt.

A mother nilgai or Bluebull antelope nuzzles and accompanies her young one in a Rajasthan grassland-forest edge.

festival

Foreigners playing Holi on the streets of Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Or is Holi just another occasion to ill-treat and molest white (and Indian!) women on the streets? Maybe it's a better idea not to venture out on Holi day, while in India...

livestock · desert

Mesquite, Prosopis juliflora or Vilayati Keekar seems to have taken over this edge-of-desert habitat in Rajasthan, like in many other parts of India.

desert

The fennec fox is the smallest of all the world's foxes, weighing only 2.2 pounds (1 kilogram). It has enormous ears, measuring 6 inches (15 centimetres), which it appears to have borrowed from a much bigger relative.

Jaipur, the fabled pink city in Rajasthan with its numerous historical forts has provided locales to many of Bombay's historical extravaganzas.

desert · livestock

Devotional folk songs from the desert town of Pushkar, Rajasthan. The sprawling annual festivities of the 100-year-old Pushkar fair through its dramatic collage of diversified pictures, mirrors the vibrancy of the gracious state of Rajastha…

Rose-ringed Parakeets at Pandupole temple deep in the Aravalli forest of Sariska National Park, Rajasthan, India. Notice the outer tail retrices as they land! At the end, they all exit the frame together!

desert · monsoon

The Thar Desert lies in the north-western part of India. It forms a natural boundary between India and Pakistan. In India, it extends from Gujarat in the west to Punjab and Haryana in the north.

river · lake

Canopy formed by the collection of individual plant crowns leading to a dried up Shiv Sagar Lake of Bhawrani in Jalore, Rajasthan. Bhawrani is locally known as Bhavrani and Bhanwarani.

Rajasthani men in their traditional attire 'Dhoti and Kurta' leave their shoes outside a palace in Bhavrani. They are not allowed to take their shoes inside the palace in order to keep the palace neat and clean.

wildlife

A wild Hyena is frightened off by village feral dogs in Rajasthan. This is a stark commentary on a human-animal conflict in wild India.

In the last few days, several cases of women's braids being chopped off mysteriously have been reported in Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana and U. P. leading to fear and night vigils.

wildlife · birds

Massive flock of migratory Demoiselle Cranes call India home for the winter months! Migratory birds can be seen at many places, but what is special about this village Khichan is that the locals of the village offer quintals of grains to the…

festival · wildlife

Jaipur Elephant Festival a part of the Jaipur Holi celebration were we see the mahouts ride on the elephants and throw colors on the visitors and participants....

highway · village

Wagah: the only road border crossing between India and Pakistan Wagah Attari border between India and Pakistan: Independence Day 15th August 2012.

wildlife · forest

A group of Nilgai, also known as the blue bull or blue cow, moves through a forest habitat in Rajasthan. The scene features two male Nilgai and one female grazing on vegetation while wandering through the woodland landscape.

wildlife · birds

A large flock of Demoiselle Cranes is foraging across a dry open grassland landscape in Rajasthan during the winter season.

wildlife · birds

Large flocks of flamingoes gather at Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan, India, feeding and moving across shallow saline waters.

wildlife · birds

A stunning wildlife moment unfolds at Sambhar Lake, Rajasthan, where flamingos display two contrasting behaviors in a single frame.