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Zardozi
11 March 2007, 02:33 PM
Namaste,
I thought I would share some picture from a 4 month winter vacation I just spent in india traveling Rajasthan.

1. A Tourist Attraction: ( sorry for large image)
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2. This Ganapati Mandir is a more popular place since Amitabh Baachan replaced the Dieties ears with those of Gold when he was bettered from a illness: I was able to sneak a picture from inside the Mandir.
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3. This is a copy mandir of the Tirupati Mandir where people often go to shave their heads for purity near Pune:
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4. Enjoy camel backing at the beach:
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5. A “minature” scale of the future of Jaipur. Yeah those are flying boats in the sky in a completely “gold“ room:
http://img254.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1010448mk7.jpg

6. Lord Brahma Mandir with a township surrounding a pond:
http://img340.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1010508fo4.jpg



7. I don’t know what you call this style of art in stone engraving:
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This is a very common piece found at ceiling pole corners atop in mandirs: http://img341.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1010800xy6.jpg

8. Lake Palace in Udaipur: This is where Elizibeth Hurley was supposed to have a wedding party. It costs $20K minimum rupees for dinner with a security deposit to even go on a boat to the white lake hotel behind the main palace:
http://img106.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1010698pp3.jpg

9. The Umaid Palace:
http://img161.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1010833es2.jpg

10. Mehrengarh Fort:
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A fort residential smoking a Hookah:
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Inside a chamber:
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11. Jodhpur - the Blue City:
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12. This was a crematory building across fro Mehrangarh Fort:
http://img354.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1020091yd9.jpg

13. Fort Jaipur:
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14. Jaipur Architecture:
http://img457.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1020116iw5.jpg

15. Jaipur desert:
http://img373.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1020217ik8.jpg

16. Deshnoke Karni Mata Temple. The Temple is popular for its infestation with thousands of mice that never leave its temple parameters:
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Inside: ( No squeeling allowed J : My luck to spot a white mouse
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17. A pictures of ¾ of my grandparents going up in a mandir:
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18. This is a “Surya” Mandir. I’m not sure its location but this mandir had common forms of sex depicted in stone art throughtout it.
http://img359.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1020784nb9.jpg

* Jantar Mantar - The astro-scientific architechture for time telling.
http://img338.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1020629lp7.jpg

19. Ranthambore Wildlife Tiger Safari: ( Unfortunate to spot any wild tigers)
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A captive tiger: http://img451.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1020663ty5.jpg

Maste Nam,
Zardozi