Rajasthan

music · old town

Rajasthani folk music presented at Samode Palace, Rajasthan. Top view of swimming area at Samode Palace in Rajasthan.

forest · wildlife

A Hindustan Motors Contessa car - now completely discontinued - drives into India's best known bird sanctuary - Bharatpur or Keoladeo Ghana National Park in Rajasthan.

If you look carefully, this Python has a Porcupine quill embedded in its body. It had tried to eat a Porcupine but the attempt went wrong and the Porcupine escaped but not before lodging a quill into the python's body.

hills · village

Tourists enjoy taking a camel ride on the way to Patan palace in Rajasthan, India. The Patan Mahal takes you back to a world that doesn't exist anywhere else any longer.

fort · hills

Chittorgarh Fort is the largest fort in India and the grandest in the state of Rajasthan. The fort, plainly known as Chittor, was the capital of Mewar and is today situated several kilometres south of Bhilwara.

fort · temple

Khandar Fort is an ancient fort located in Khandar Tehsil, Sawai Madhopur district, Rajasthan, India. This fort is on the boundary of Ranthambore National Park. The fort has three big entrances, but they are damaged.

industry

A single pillar granite cutting machine in action at a Stone cutting Industrial operations in Rajasthan, India. A cutting machine prepares slabs of marble and granite at a mine in Rajasthan, India.

livestock

Herd of Blackbuck forages on dry grass in forest of Rajasthan. The blackbuck, also known as the Indian antelope, is an antelope found in Pakistan, India and Nepal. The blackbuck is the sole extant member of the genus Antilope.

An Indian hare or Black-naped Hare (Lepus nigricollis) quenching its thirst in Jhalana Leopard Park, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. See the red ears with the exposed veins with heavy blood flow.

wildlife · birds

Birds of Jodhpur growing and prospering under the protection of Jog Niwas and Bishnoi tribe of Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

festival · dance

Rajasthani cross dressers perform Bhavai dance during Nagaur Festival in India. The largest state of India, Rajasthan has sprawling palaces, formidable forts, fascinating wildlife and golden sandy desert that form the hallmark of this beaut…

festival · livestock

Fly over the annual Pushkar camel fair, one can notice the colourful giant wheels, camels, and crowded market along with tented accommodation for traders.

The thrones have long lost their hold. The crowns and tiaras are just for show. Yet, the royalty, shorn of power, continues to rule our imagination.

village

Demoiselle Cranes in massive numbers call away as they sit near a water hole in Rajasthan. They usually migrate to the northern Indian regions in winter. The cranes are preening their plumage.

wildlife · birds

Demoiselle cranes preening their feathers and foraging along fields and open spaces near villages and agriculture in Rajasthan, India.

livestock · festival

Indian camel herders gather at the annual Pushkar Mela in Rajasthan The Pushkar Fair (Pushkar Camel Fair) or locally Pushkar ka Mela, is the annual five-day camel and livestock fair, held in the town of Pushkar in the state of Rajasthan, In…

Unidentified man shows off his long moustache in Rajasthan, India.

school

Students of Grameen Vikas Kendra School in Rajasthan enjoying at the play room.

politics

Tableau of Rajasthan state displayed on Republic day. In India, Republic Day honours the date on which the Constitution of India came into force--on 26 January 1950--replacing the Government of India Act (1935) as the governing document of…

festival

Kids performing stunt with sticks during Holi celebration in Rajasthan. Such practices can be dangerous for them and might hurt them as well ! Holi is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus, as a festival of colours.

village · wildlife

Sonkhaliya, a hitherto unknown hamlet, 40 kms from Ajmer district in Rajasthan, has in recent years captured the imagination of birders for the two of the most sought after species in the oriental region - Lesser Florican (Sypheotides indic…

The birders' new pilgrim trail leads to Sonkhalia, Rajasthan, thanks to the Likh! The Lesser Florican (Sypheotides indicus), also known as the Likh, is a large bird in the bustard family and the only member of the genus Sypheotides.

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.