Rajasthan

wildlife · birds

The Keoladeo National Park or Keoladeo Ghana National Park formerly known as the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary in Rajasthan, India is a famous avifauna sanctuary that sees (or saw) thousands of rare and highly endangered birds such as the Siberi…

ceremony

Child Marriage Fire Ceremony takes place near Tonk in Rajasthan, India.

ceremony

Ladies singing folk songs and performing wedding ritual on a young groom in a community wedding near Tonk in Rajasthan. A Rajasthani rural wedding taking place near Tonk district.

temple

Karni Mata Temple is a popular and unusual holy shrine of India. This Temple is in a small town of Deshnok, which is located at a distance of 30 kms in south of Bikaner in Rajasthan.

forest · wildlife

Jaisamand wildlife Sanctuary is situated about 50 kms far from Udaipur rajasthan. The Jaisamand wildlife sanctuary have a large area about 52 sq kms of forests.

A Rajasthani man prints a piece of cloth with a block. He places the block over the cloth and press the block against the cloth while a western photographer clicks photographs of him printing the cloth.

ceremony · village

Child Marriage in Rajasthan. The illegal practice of child marriage is rampant in Rajasthan.

Tourism and valour in Rajasthan : India's desert state Rajasthan is one of the most popular travel destination in India. Every third foreign tourist visiting India also travel to Rajasthan.

festival

Holi is a religious spring festival celebrated by Hindus, as a festival of colours. It is one of the major festivals of India, celebrated with enthusiasm and gaiety on the full moon day in the month of Phalgun which is the month of March as…

wildlife

After the sun sets, this leopard is spotted prowling the huge rocks in the Western Indian state of Rajasthan. "Natgeotv writes that Leopards have fewer color-detecting cones in their eyes than humans, and thus see fewer colors humans.

crafts

Block printing in process - Rajasthan, India. Block printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper.

school

The newly inaugurated Madhyamik Vidyalaya Bharatpur School, run by the NGO in Rajasthan. On the first floor of the building it has: 1. A library (the room with the bookcases lining the walls) 2. A computer room 3. A playroom 4.

desert

The capture of the Kishangarh in Rajasthan State India took place during the 1965 War between India and Pakistan.

flowers

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

railway · temple

Ajmer Junction connects many places of India to the the little city of Ajmer, surrounded by the Aravalli range.

dance

Chari Dance, Rajasthan: Chari is a dance form with effortless hand and foot movements while balancing brass pots kept on the heads of the dancers.

livestock

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.

desert

Sam Sand Dunes in Rajasthan. These dunes are one of the major tourist attractions near to Jaisalmer. This place is located near to the world famous desert of Rajasthan, the "Thar Desert".

Calotes versicolor or Oriental / Common Garden Lizard. Calotes versicolor, the common blood sucker. Seen in Rajasthan, India.

livestock · desert

Camel in Thar desert, Rajasthan, India. Camel is an even-toed ungulate within the genus Camelus. Camel has a distinctive fatty deposits, known as humps, on its back. The average life expectancy of a camel is 40 to 50 years.

fort

Patwon ki haveli, Jaisalmer, situated near Jaisalmer Fort. Jaisalmer fort is popularly known as Sonar quila which is in Rajasthan the desert state of India.This video shows the entrance gate to Jaisalmer Fort was built in 1156 and is the se…

fort · old town

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