desert

desert · village

The Kuldhara village is located 18 kms to the west of Jaisalmer, Rajathan in the heart of the Thar desert very close to the India-Pakisthan border. The village was established by Kuldhar sub-caste of Paliwal Brahmins 1291.

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.

Rajasthan·desert · river

When you think of the great desert cities of the world Cairo, Marrakesh, Bagdad and maybe even Phoenix come to mind. These are cities of legend that have been the hub of great trade routes or are commercial capitals for their region.

Rajasthan·fort · desert

Man carrying water in a slum settlement outside Jodhpur. Women collect grass near their houses. Houses in the slum are made temporarily with plastic sheeting and bamboo pole.

desert · livestock

Aerial view of camal safari. One of the most unforgettable and enchanting experiences you can have in India is to ride through the rippling, windswept desert on camel back and camp out under the stars.

Rajasthan·desert · river

Sun sets over Pushkar and turns the sky into golden colour. Pushkar is a town bordering the Thar Desert, in the northeastern Indian state of Rajasthan.

highway · desert

Trucking it down across the great plains of India, through the desert of Rajasthan, towards the Thar, after Jodhpur.

Rajasthan·fort · desert

Jodhpur is the second largest city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. After its population crossed a million, it has been declared as the second 'Metropolitan City' of Rajasthan.

desert · river

Rajasthan the land of Rajasthanis, is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert (Thar Desert), which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river val…

Rajasthan·village · desert

A Ethnic resort and camp in Jodhpur for experiencing Bishnoi culture and desert villages; habitats. Bishnoi Village is situated in the midst of Bishnoi villages, about 22 K.M. from Jodhpur city on the route of Jodhpur to Udaipur.

Rajasthan·temple · desert

Villagers visit under construction Bishnoi temple in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Bishnoi is a religious sect found in the Western Thar Desert and northern states of India.

Rajasthan·village · desert

Amrita Devi (Beniwal) sacrificed her life along with her three daughters viz. Asu, Ratni and Bhagu in year 1730 to save green trees being felled by the Maharaja of Jodhpur at a place known as Khejarli in Marwar, Rajasthan.

Rajasthan·desert · architecture

One of the most impressive palaces constructed during the last half of the nineteenth century, the Lallgarh Place defies the bleak and rugged reality of the harsh Thar Desert around Bikaner.

desert

Rajasthani folk musicians play Sarangi, Dholak and Surnai in Thar desert while a person walks with a camel during sunset.

Rajasthan·fort · desert

Two Rajasthani men stand at a window of Jaisalmer Fort. A woman stands in the Jaisalmer fort. Jaisalmer Fort locally known as Sonar Quila is one of the largest forts in the world located in Jaisalmer City in Rajasthan, India.

desert · monsoon

The Thar Desert lies in the north-western part of India. It forms a natural boundary between India and Pakistan. In India, it extends from Gujarat in the west to Punjab and Haryana in the north.

desert · wildlife

Small tastes and bits of India's largest state, Rajasthan. Also known as Land of Kings, this state is located on the north western side of the India, where it comprises most of the wide and inhospitable Thar Desert (also known as the "Rajas…

desert

Trees in Desert. Rajasthan the land of Rajasthanis, is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert.

festival · desert

No state does it better than Rajasthan - the successful tourist-fication of the local colour of the people of India's desert state.

Jaisalmer, Rajasthan·desert · festival

Desert Festival | Royal Desert Safari Rajasthan. Located close to India-Pakistan border, Jaisalmer is well-known city situated in the Thar Desert.

village · aerial

Chana or gram fields and mustard are predominant crops in this farming landscape en route Jawai in Rajasthan. One passes through the villages of the Sumerpur - Dudni - Raghunathpura - Jawai Bandh - Pali belt to get to the plains of Jawai.

Rajasthan·highway · aerial

An aerial view of the Banar road, Prem Nagar town in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. A civilisation living amid a vast arid desert. Jodhpur marks its origin back to the year of 1459 AD.

Rajasthan·industry · desert

An aerial view of the reclaimed Rajasthan desert from a voracious Mexican plant - the Prosopis juliflora or Vilayati keekar / mesquite. Raja Umaid Singh of Marwar brought in the Mexican plant for timber and fodder.