Author: tjiskavw

Amer Fort has four courtyards - the main one - Jaleb Chowk- is where the king's soldiers assembled and paraded themselves around - now elephants take their place with riders…

Jaleb Chowk is the main courtyard of the fort which is entered through a gorgeous gateway with artwork of the elephant god, Lord Ganesha. It's absolutely stunning with a stairway…

These gals are actually employed by the fort to clean it at night but are allowed to "moonlight" during the day by posing as royals who might have lived at…

There are two magnificent buildings in the 3rd courtyard. On the left is the palace of mirrors where victories were celebrated. On the right is the hall of pleasure (one…

built with pale yellow and pink sandstone and white marble. Like someone wanted to be reminded of the pastels of spring year 'round....

Viewed from this overlook, the Zenana (women's quarters) is the fourth courtyard in the fort. The rooms were designed so that the maharaja could make his nocturnal visits to wives…

it's kind of hard to see them, but there are two monkeys sitting in princely fashion on opposite sides of each other in each of these two bell towers. Just…

this place is mind spinning - it's a collection of 19 astronomical instruments including the world's largest stone sundial. What makes it doubly amazing is the accuracy of these various…

beauty defined by cultural architecture at its best

this is probably the most elaborate of Jai Singh's projects - it has 19 geometric shaped instruments designed to measure the position and distance of extraterrestrial bodies. My favorite: twelve…