Rajasthan

fort · lake

Rajasthani women wash clothes at pond-side near Nagaur Fort, Rajasthan. Nagaur Fort is a most important tourist attraction in Nagaur city. This 2th century fortress is famous for its large campus and high walls.

festival · fort

Foreign tourists enjoying Diwali celebration at Surajgarh Fort in the Indian state of Rajasthan. They all are wearing turban in Rajasthani style with the help of hotel servants. The hotel is illuminated with candles...

festival · wildlife

Jaipur Elephant Festival exhibits royalty of the state... 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.

ceremony · village

Brides wear identical looking clothing, as supplied by the organizing committee of the mass child marriage in Tonk, Rajasthan, India, during Akshaya tritiya, May 2010.

livestock

This goat in Rajasthan truly has the longest and largest ears we have ever seen on one! They all seem to have exceptionally long ears, comparatively!

Child marriage is illegal in India, but since it is a traditional custom in some places, the practice still takes place in some parts of Rajasthan. Children as young as 6 and 8 get married off in some villages here.

fort

Group of Langurs sit on a tractor and fool around. One of the most amazing thing is one of the langurs is ready to drive at Ranthambhore in Rajasthan.

industry · old town

Indian workers renovating Samode Palace in Rajasthan, India. Samode Palace, Samode Haveli and Samode Bagh (Garden) are heritage monuments and structures built by the noble feudatory with the hereditary title of 'Maha Rawal' or 'Maha Saheb’…

livestock · festival

Rajasthan is well known for its majestic forts, magnificent palaces and colourful culture. The land of the maharajas is also famous for well-laid gardens and ancient temples.

village · monsoon

In the grazing grasslands of Sonkhaliya, villager sit with umbrellas as their cattle graze through the wide grasslands in the monsoon.

temple

Maan stambh at Nareli temple has four pratimas in four direction of a pillar which signifies that god is visible to each person from all directions as if "Facing them only".

These storks seem to be eating molluscs that they are managing to locate at the edge of Jawai Bandh Dam, Rajasthan. Three Asian openbill storks are busy feeding inside a water body. They are checking on prey they are getting underwater.

music

Indian folk singer Ila Arun sings Rajasthani folk song 'Saas Ko Leja Re' during Nagaur Utsav in Rajasthan.

festival · livestock

A Rajasthani folk troupe sings folk song 'Prem Patri' during Nagaur Festival in India. The largest state of India, Rajasthan has sprawling palaces, formidable forts, fascinating wildlife and golden sandy desert that forms the hallmark of th…

Group of birds in Sariska. A large flock of Bar-headed Geese at Tehla, Sariska National Park. Shruti Sharma of the Indian Forest Service calls them 'Crossed checks'! A loud gaggling follows when the geese take off...

fort

Pagadis or Headgears of different styles including Jodhpur princely style, Khirkiya pag of Jodhpur (Marwar) and Phalodi style being displayed at Mehrangarh Fort, in Rajasthan.

Rajasthan

desert

Watch the small Desert Fox eating a rat in a grassy field in Rajasthan The Desert Fox or the White-footed Fox (Vulpes vulpes pusilla) is a small fox found in dry, arid areas like in the desert state of Rajasthan in India.

wildlife · birds

Migratory Demoiselle Cranes spending the winter in rural Khichan village in Rajasthan, India.

wildlife · birds

Migratory Demoiselle Cranes flying over rural Khichan village in Rajasthan, India. The demoiselle crane (Anthropoides virgo) is a species of crane found in central Eurasia, ranging from the Black Sea to Mongolia and North Eastern China.

flowers · industry

Indian Gooseberries or aonla growing in a garden in the Ranthambhor region of Rajasthan. Phyllanthus emblica, also known as emblic, emblic myrobalan, Indian gooseberry, or Dhatrik (in Maithili), or amla from Sanskrit amalika, Suaklu in Zomi…