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.

hills · desert

Clay pots kept for drying under sun in Rajasthan. Crowded markets thickly packed with pedestrians, auto-rickshaws, motorcycles, bicycles, carts....

fort · hills

Outstanding architecture seen inside the Chittorgarh Fort, Rajasthan. Chittorgarh Fort is the largest fort in India and the grandest in the state of Rajasthan.

industry

A cutting machine prepares slabs of marble and granite at a mine in Rajasthan, India. See the water and marble debris fly out, in slow motion, as this was filmed at 200 frames per second, in Full HD.

dance

Rajasthani men celebrate Holi as they perform Gair Dance to folk tunes in Bhavrani, Rajasthan during the Festival of Holi.

dance

Bhavai is a genre of folk dance popular in Rajasthan state in western India. The male or female performers balance a number of earthen pots or brass pitchers as they dance nimbly, pirouetting and then swaying with the soles of their feet pe…

forest

Blackbuck at Tal chappar Sanctuary in Rajasthan The distinctive horns of the Blackbuck are ringed with 1 to 4 spiral turns, rarely more than 4 turns, and can be as long as 79 cm (31 in). A trophy Blackbuck is greater than 46 cm (18 in).

river · lake

Aerial over view of Pushkar Lake and town in Rajasthan. A sacred lake of the Hindus, Pushkar Lake is of the five most sacred pilgrimage destinations for the Hindus in India.

aerial

An aerial view of a Rajasthani palace in Bhavrani, a small village in the Jalore district of Rajasthan. The local folks, all attired in colourful Rajasthan formal wear, converge on the thikana head's house for a Holi celebration.

livestock

Local people of Patan are preparing their camel carts for tourists. Camel carts are for easy access to Patan Palace, it can easily go through the narrow lanes of Patan. Royal cenotaphs are built in the memory of Maharajas of Patan.

hills · wildlife

Road trip from Alwar City to Bala Qila in Rajasthan, India. Alwar is a city and administrative headquarters of Alwar District in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

hills · wildlife

Road trip from Bala Qila to Alwar City in Rajasthan, India. Alwar is a city and administrative headquarters of Alwar District in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

livestock · festival

Camels are fully decorated in colourful attire during the decorated camel competition during Pushkar fair in Rajasthan, India.

birds · wildlife

White spires of a temple in Rajasthan adorned with a pair of Black Drongo or kotwal birds, as they see the perches as easy points from which to sally forth and hunt for insects on the wing! The black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) is a small…

wildlife · forest

Sariska is one of the major travel destination of India and famous for its national park or tiger reserve.

festival

People celebrating Holi in the streets of Rajasthan. In Rajasthan, Holi is celebrated on a scale involving the entire state. Rajasthan celebrates a number of festivals.

festival

This festival is a perfect manifestation of India's secular nature as a large number of people belonging to other clans also actively take part in this festival.

river · lake

Ajmer residents come out to enjoy a rainy morning at Ana Sagar Lake in Ajmer. Ana Sagar Lake is an artificial lake situated in the city of Ajmer in Rajasthan state in India.

Help us identify this flowering plant from the grasslands of Sonkhaliya in Rajasthan, if you can! (The flower almost looks like a lotus species...)

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…

livestock · desert

Camel plays a very Important role of the in the Cultural Life of the people of Rajasthan. Every object, event or place has its own multi dimensional aspects. Camel is an animal though, it has many advantages.