Shadow Shot Sunday/India

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Leaves reflected on a wall. Mandawa.

Tourists a the pink palace at Bikaner. 

Historical note: The Maharajah of Bikaner was one of the people who signed the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. THere are two portraits of him in the National Portrait gallery in London.

Pink shadows in the same.

Looking up in an interior courtyard in Jaiselmer.

Morning shadows on the breakfast table in Jodhpur.

Those of you interested in India must go 

to Rauf's blog which has outstanding pictures and is very moving.

Dazzling Palace Interiors/India

These pictures were taken at the Fort at Jodhpur which was astoundingly high up and could therefore withstand sieges. There were gates on several levels, one of which had huge spikes so that elephants -- even when hopped up on opium -- would not be able to break through. Some of the later pictures of City Palace in Udaipur.

The exteriors are imposing, the interiors luxuriant. Here an inner courtyard.

The floors are almost always marble. Here turquoise is inset into the walls. (Udaipur).

Here a wooden screen representing a very important person.

Such mirrors and jewels. No wonder common people are overawed. (Udaipur)

Colored glass windows at Jodhpur.

And decorative glass balls hanging from the ceiling at the same place.

And more mirrors and zigzags. (Udaipur).

Elephants fighting in a frieze round the walls.

And another very important person who has a cool mustache too. (Udaipur).

Various People/India

An attendant at the fort at Jodhpur.

An old lady who offered us cold water at a railway crossing.

Another group waiting at the railway crossing. 

What pretty dresses when no important party was in evidence.

At the palace at Udaipur newly married couples took pictures of each other in front of splendid peacock decorations. You can see me lurking at the right....

The little girl who sold us peanuts ear the Jain Temple at the fort at Chitturgh.

This splendid fellow ushered us into lunch and wanted a tip for admiring his wonderful moustache. Needless to say, I gave him a small amount.

 

This poor young man had been sleeping in the back of his beautifully decorated car. He was on his way to his wedding and his friends wanted us to greet him. They put his shoes and turban on but he still looks a little confused.

No strollers here! The little girl wears make-up.

Demonstrating the use of the hookah. The fort at Jodhpur.

The university student who painted a henna decoration on my arm. Jaiselmer.