Rajasthan

ceremony · politics

Mass Child Marriage being performed in the town of Alwar of Rajasthan, India. Child marriages are illegal in India, but are still performed in some places, due to local religious and cultural beliefs which support and justify the cultural p…

fort · desert

Driving on the congestion free roads of Jodhpur city in Rajasthan, India. Camel drawn carts can be seen on the roads of Jodhpur. Jodhpur is a city in the Thar Desert of the northwest Indian state of Rajasthan.

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.

old town · flowers

Glimpse of Interior designs of the Samode Palace in Rajasthan. 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…

ceremony · village

Village women-folk singing folk songs and performing wedding rituals around a young groom in a community child wedding near Tonk in Rajasthan, in May 2011.

village · desert

Abandoned village from ancient settlements! Kuldhara was the name of the largest village in this community consisting of 84 villages.

festival

Women and kids play and dance on the colourful festival of Holi in the village of Bhavrani, Rajasthan.

wildlife

A leopard (Panthera pardus) roams between rocks and thorny bushes in Rajasthan. It scouts the surrounding with intensity from atop a boulder and settles down behind the cover of a bush to cool his body down.

music

Indian folk singer Ila Arun sings Rajasthani folk song 'Mare Hivde Me Lagi Katar' during Nagaur Utsav in Rajasthan.

river · lake

Jaisamand Lake is renowned for being the second largest artificial lake in Asia. Located at a distance of 48 kms from the city of Udaipur, Jaisamand Lake is also known as Dhebar.

hills · village

Sunrise over barren hills of Aravali range in Rajasthan. A woman roams in the agricultural field in the morning in Rajasthan, she wears a traditional Rajasthani dress. One can see the barren hill tops of Aravalli range.

fort · aerial

Aerial view of Ramathra fort in Rajasthan. Ramathra was granted as a jagir (fiefdom) in 1645 AD to Thakur Bhoj Pal by his father the Maharaja of Karauli.

livestock

Rajasthani man milking his goats while wearing his red Rajasthani turban and a white dhoti and kurta. The man sits on his haunches while another person keeps bringing different goats to him to be milked.

desert

Beyond Jodhpur city, the desert starts to develop. This is the edge of the arid zone. See the city give way to the arid lands beyond, as one flies towards a rather lacklustre Jodhpur sunset in Rajasthan.

A peacock (Pavco cristatus) with its long tail feathers perches on a bare tree in Rajasthan. While a leucistic or white peahen roams on the ground. Leucism affects the pigmentation in animals, making the peahen's plumage pale and whitish.

river

livestock · festival

Herd of camels line up for sale during Pushkar Camel fair in Rajasthan. Beside camel, horses are also sold at the fair..

Busy market scene near the Moosi Maharani Ki Chhattri in Rajasthan. Situated outside the main palace of Alwar, Moosi Maharani ki Chhatri was built by Vinay Singh in the memory of Alwar’s ruler, Maharaja Bakhtawar Singh and his queen, Rani M…

forest · wildlife

View of Shri Gopalji Maharaj Temple at Sawai Madhopur, Ranthambhore in Rajasthan Ranthambore National Park or Ranthambhore is one of the largest national parks in northern India.

hills · desert

Traditional thatched mud huts in Rajasthan. Goat grazing hay in the shed and children are standing outside the hut. The hut is made using mud, thatched, wood. The entire village hut are made of thatched and mud .....

festival · wildlife

Ramnath Choudhary man with one of the world longest moustaches , show off during the Jaipur Elephant Festival. Elephant Festival is a festival celebrated in Jaipur city in Rajasthan state in India.

railway

The Palace on Wheels is a luxury tourist train. It was launched by the Indian Railways & Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation to promote tourism in Rajasthan.

fort

Kankwari Fort in Alwar is one of the major attractions for visitors to the world famous Sariska National Park. The ancient Kankwari Fort lies in the buffer area of the sanctuary about 21 km from its main entry point.