Rajasthan

fort · old town

Neemrana Fort is categorized as a premium heritage fort. It is also the oldest heritage site in India.

music

It was 150 glorious years of the Indian police, on the occasion of which bands of various State police and paramilitary forces staged the Great Indian Police Band Show.

fort · old town

Archival olden days footage of Sawai Madhopur, Ranthambhor / Ranthambore in Rajasthan. Ranthambhor Fort in Sawai Madhopur district, within Ranthambhore National Park, has just been added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list as of May 2013…

old town · river

Driving fast and chasing a security van on roads of Jaipur city in Rajasthan. Jaipur is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan in Northern India.

Solar power for a brighter future! But then solar power farms are far too expensive and the return on investment comes in in no less than ten years, making most large investments unviable...

Head up, an Indian Roofed Turtle sits on a tree trunk at the edge of the water body inside Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan. Layers of skin-like tissue appear to cover the shell of this turtle.

old town · flowers

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’…

fort

Jodhpur is the second largest city in Rajasthan. The city is known as the "Sun City" because of its bright and sunny weather throughout the year. The city was founded by Rao Jodha, a chief of the Rathore clan, in 1459.

hills · desert

Villagers lay the roof onto their house, using a thatch and wood super-structure, in a very basic fashion, at the edge of the Indian desert. Traditional thatched mud huts in Rajasthan.

industry

Aravalli stone mining continues in Rajasthan as can be seen through this aerial journey.

Clouds move slowly over the fields and savannah ponds of Rajasthan.

The Indian cormorant or Indian shag (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) is a member of the cormorant family. It is found mainly along the inland waters of the Indian Subcontinent but extending west to Sind and east to Thailand and Cambodia.

dance · ceremony

A group of women performs Ghoomar, the traditional folk dance of Rajasthan. With elegance and poise, they perform the dance decked up in beautiful colorful dresses.

old town · flowers

Samode Palace bedroom decorated in a traditional Rajasthani style. 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 S…

desert · river

A Rajasthani woman, wearing her local attire, pulls out a bucket of fresh groundwater from an open well, covers it after use (to prevent dust and stones from falling in) and walks back home, with the fresh water for her buffalo.

wildlife · birds

Animals in Tal Chappar Sanctuary . Blackbuck or kala hiran, nilgai or Blue bull, Demoiselle Cranes and more! Tal Chhapar Sanctuary is a sanctuary located in the Churu district of Northwestern Rajasthan in the Shekhawati region of India.

fort · village

Ramathra was granted as a jagir (fiefdom) in 1645 AD to Thakur Bhoj Pal by his father the Maharaja of Karauli. The name Ramathra honours Lord Rama, who, it is believed, camped here while on his epic journey to Lanka.

livestock · festival

Trainers force a horse to dance during Pushkar Fair in Rajasthan, India. 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 Rajastha…

livestock · sport

Football match in progress during 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, India.

hills

One can see a temple situated on a hill top near Moosi Maharani Ki Chhatri palace in Alwar, Rajasthan.

farmland

One can see villagers of Lalsot in Dausa district of Rajasthan, working in a field harvesting... Lalsot is a city and a municipality in Dausa district in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

village

A man drives through a village roads in Rajasthan. One can see a village house and cloth dried outside the houses. And cow dung cakes dried in the sun.