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India Pages Updates

Have started to update the India pages on the gallery site, have put in shots from, Kullu valley, Jabalpur, and Fatehpur Sikri..


Fatephur….

Jabalpur…

Kullu Valley….

Kumbhalgarh Fort

Kumbhalgarh (also called Kumbhalmer or Kumbalgarh) is a Mewar fortress in the Rajsamand District of Rajasthan state in western India. Built during the course of the 15th century CE by Rana Kumbha , and enlarged through the 1800s, Kumbhalgarh is also a birthplace of Maharana Pratap, the great king and warrior of Mewar. Occupied till the nineteenth century, the fort is now open to the general public as a museum and is spectacularly lit for a few minutes each evening. Kumbalgarh is situated 82 km from Udaipur towards its northwest and is easily accessible by road. It is the most important fort in Mewar after Chittaurgarh.

Built on a hilltop 1900 metres in altitude, Kumbhalgarh fort has perimeter walls that extend 36 kilometres in length, claimed to be the longest in the world after the Great Wall of China. The frontal walls are fifteen feet thick. Kumbhalgarh has seven fortified gateways. Over 360 temples are within the fort, 300 ancient Jain and the rest Hindu. The vista from the palace top typically extends tens of kilometers into the Aravalli Range. It is widely believed that the sand dunes of the Thar desert can be seen from the fort walls.


fort





New header images

Have added some new header images from Rajasthan to this page..

Amber Fort ( also known as Amer Fort) is located in Amber, 11 km from Jaipur, Rajasthan state, India. It was the ancient citadel of the ruling Kachhawa clan of Amber, before the capital was shifted to present day Jaipur. Amber Fort is known for its unique artistic style, blending both Hindu and Muslim (Mughal) elements, and its ornate and breathtaking artistic mastery. The fort borders the Maota Lake, and is a major tourist attraction in Rajasthan.

Amber fort


Jal Mahal (meaning “Water Palace”) is a palace located in the middle of the Man Sagar Lake in Jaipur city, the capital of the state of Rajasthan, India. The palace and the lake around it were renovated and enlarged in the 18th century by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Amber.

The urban lake gets filled up during the rainy season; over the years, once the reservoir became full during rainy season, it got covered with Hyacinth. During this period only the red stoned palace became approachable by boat and through a causeway and presented a spectacle on the way to Jaipur city from Delhi.


Jalmahal

India over xmas 2009

Visited India over Xmas this year, hopefully the idea was that i get some good tiger photo`s, BUT no one told me that tigers don`t like armani after shave, and when they smell it they hide???? Well that’s the only reason I can think i never saw 1 tiger, hehehe, oh well, guess me and tigers are not` destined to meet…


Great trip round I`ll be putting some shots up, it was a great month touring Rajasthan, covered a huge number of miles, few shots I`ll add here and slowly add better ones to 20 years gallery, first set are some general ones I just started to work on, of the wildlife and forts..



Next gallery its all birds from Ranthambore.




Also have started to add the images on to 20 years as I said above see here for better quality. India Xmas pages

Delhi – National Railway Museum

What better way to spend a warm winters day in Delhi that wander round a train museum, something about old steam trains brings out the kid in anyone.

The National Railway Museum (NRM) was set up in Feb 1977. It is situated at Chanakyapuri, New Delhi and is spread over 10 acres of land. The museum has a wide and varied collection of rare and antique steam locomotives, carriages, saloons and other railway artefacts. It has both live exhibits (75) as well as working/non-working models in its indoor gallery. The museum runs a toy train around its grounds on regular days. On some days the Old Patiala State Steam Monorail is steamed up and runs on its track around the museum.