Enter Moti Magri

I have seen similar stone-works in Indonesia too. But what makes an Indonesian structures different than an Indian one are the details carved all over it. The lotus shaped and other common Hindu symbols, the angles of the carvings declare the Indian authenticity of the work aloud.

Also, the yellow flag you see on the left sets the Indian symbols apart from the Indonesian ones. Indonesians also use the yellows and reds in their flag-like objects which are more umbrella-shaped than what Indians use as the flags.

The Royal Touch

Rajasthan is synonymous to royal. Culture gets developed over many centuries and gets endorsed when the most common person adapts to it. Any average Rajasthani construction sure reflects this culture.

What you see here is what made our stay in Udaipur a pleasurable experience. It was not a heavy-starred palatial affair but the simplicity and yet that special Rajasthani touch all over made it very royal.

Faces, familiar!

If you see people in a picture so up, close and personnel, then you either have a very good zoom lense or you know the people in the picture well enough.

In my case it was the latter case. For the lack of good zoom lense I preferred capturing my travelling companions than getting beaten up in the streets of Udaipur clicking the locals.

Fateh Sagar

We checked into our hotel room with a big window at Udaipur and this was the scene outside. This huge manmade lake dug sometime in seventeenth century is called Fateh Sagar named after then Maharana of Udaipur, Fatehsinghji. And it's really huge.

To combat the scarcity of water in this so called desert city, Maharanas of Udaipur dug a few lakes like these which are interconnected to optimize the water operations. And trust me.. When the royals dig it, they dig it BIG!

Destination Rajasthan!

Green! was the only colour my sleepy eyes noticed when we were about to land in Udaipur. There has to be some mistake, I thought. Rajasthan is the desert state was what I was always taught in the school. And here I was, wondering if the pilot had taken some wrong turns up in the air to enter some jungle.

But it was Udaipur indeed. Equally sleepy cabin crew of our ATR flight almost yawned while warning us to tie the seat belts as the flight descended into the greenery of Udaipur.

Funniest part of that morning was when we were told to walk to the airport building after getting off the plane. We were on a vacation hoping it to be an exciting one. And this was not a bad start!

Yet another day break in jungle

Kanha trip was my most successful jungle trip ever.

On the last day, while saying goodbye to this jungle, I shot this picture at sunrise.

Somehow to me, this picture need not be of the sunrise as tries to paint the setting sun also. More than that it has captured the frozen time. The time that you savour forever.

Smoky waters

The smoke you see here is not the product of a fire.

Nor Kanha is a home for hot springs.

I shot this picture at 6.30 in the morning when the lakes try to bask in the morning sun shrugging off the freezing cold of the nights.