I just got back from a holiday to Delhi and Jaipur with my family. It was fantastic, all I did was shop and take pictures! And eat, of course! Lots!
This post is going to be about Jaipur. Here's what I loved in the Pink City :)
The Hawa Mahal, of course :) It was built with all these window-like structures so that the queens could catch a view of what was happening outside on the streets :)
Elephants, elephants and elephants! Elephants go about this town like cars and buses!
The majestic palaces. This is the City Palace:
And this is the Amer Fort. Many scenes in Jodha Akbar were shot here:
Chai at dirty roadside dhabas :)
The Jantar Mantar. I loved, loved, loved it! The place probably appealed to the physicist in me, I don't know. I particularly liked the Rashivalayas - 12 observatories, one for each sun sign. Here's the painting on the Gemini observatory (I'm a Gemini ;-)):
I took similar pictures in all the 12 Rashivalayas. I'll put them up in a later post.
Arts and Crafts in Jaipur:
Ethnic footwear, usually in camel leather:
Bandhni (Tie and Dye)
Gem cutting and polishing:
Block printing:
The difficult part about such trips is getting back to the grind when the trip is over! I can't believe I have to go to work tomorrow! :(
This post is going to be about Jaipur. Here's what I loved in the Pink City :)
The Hawa Mahal, of course :) It was built with all these window-like structures so that the queens could catch a view of what was happening outside on the streets :)
Elephants, elephants and elephants! Elephants go about this town like cars and buses!
The majestic palaces. This is the City Palace:
And this is the Amer Fort. Many scenes in Jodha Akbar were shot here:
Chai at dirty roadside dhabas :)
The Jantar Mantar. I loved, loved, loved it! The place probably appealed to the physicist in me, I don't know. I particularly liked the Rashivalayas - 12 observatories, one for each sun sign. Here's the painting on the Gemini observatory (I'm a Gemini ;-)):
I took similar pictures in all the 12 Rashivalayas. I'll put them up in a later post.Arts and Crafts in Jaipur:
Ethnic footwear, usually in camel leather:
Bandhni (Tie and Dye)
Gem cutting and polishing:
Block printing:
The difficult part about such trips is getting back to the grind when the trip is over! I can't believe I have to go to work tomorrow! :(
lovely pictures, I loved the block printing.
ReplyDeleteOh, your post brings me back to one of my favorite places. Yes, it was a crazy city (so much going on!), but I loved Amer fort and Bapu Bazaar the best and the tea stalls and the elephants and pretty much everything else you wrote about.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the mini-trip back there. It was fun.
Take care,
Shireena
Hello mate.. been ages...
ReplyDeleteGood to see that you have had a nice time and thanks for sharing some of your awesome pics...
take care mate.. cheers...
There's something about Rajasthan, that appeals to the Peter Pan in me! I wanna go back to my dreamland, be a prince, ride out in the vast, open deserts, wage wars... You get the drift? ;)
ReplyDeleteAll good things have to come to end madhu..the only hope is there are many more such to come :)) SO cheer up
ReplyDeletelovely pics there...show us more of city palace and amer fort!!! make a new post for each...would love to see all that you clicked :)
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I can't get enough of this post. I am an ardent lover of block printing and bandhini and jaipur is my dream destination.Had been waiting forever to get there.
ReplyDeleteSo did you buy the blocks? DO you get them easy in Jaipur? Will be of great help to me
And will be really cool if you can show us pics of your loot :)
Beautiful post -
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Lovely set of pics.. Just loved them all.. :)
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Thank you, Sagar :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Shireena, I'm glad this reminded you of the fun you had :)
Thank you, Arv! i haven't been posting very regularly these days...my life has become rather dull...nothing much to post about :D
Rohitesh, i know exactly what you mean! I watched Jodhaa Akbar today, and felt the same way!
Thank you, Sharanya :) I'll put up more pics, pakka! And thanks for the tag, i'll post my addictions today...it'll be fun :)
Thank you, Rupa! I thought of you while posting the picture of the blocks :) No, I din't buy any...that was just a demonstration :)
Here, there, thank you so much for the very inspiring Christmas gift! Great job!
Thank you, manasa :)
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Beautiful pics. and you have become a great photographer akka!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd its hard to believe that work is always there 4 us
nice blog and lovely pictures came from happy horizon,
ReplyDeleteyou've really captured the beautiful facets of a beautiful city. I especially loved the block printing visual. Did you go to a a place they were doing this? lucky girl! :)
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