After an amazing 2 days in the blue city of Jodhpur, we headed north and west towards the Pakistan border to Jaisalmer. Jaisalmer is named after its founder Maharawal Jaisal Singh, a Rajput king in 1156 AD. “Jaisalmer” means “the Hill Fort of Jaisal”. Jaisalmer is sometimes called the “Golden City of India” because the yellow sand and the yellow sandstone used in every architecture of the city gives a yellowish-golden tinge to the city and its surrounding area.
Jaisalmer has an imposing fort, built in 1156 by the Bhati Rajput ruler Jaisal, Jaisalmer. The famous Indian film director Satyajit Ray wrote a detective novel and later turned it into a film − Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress) which was based on this fort. This is a living fort and about a quarter of city’s population still live within its protective walls.
Jaisalmer is the quintessential India of one’s childhood dreams and it never fails to offer up a fantastic array of photographic possibilities.
Ursula in doorway Jodhpur
Lew, at the cenotaphs, Jaisalmer
D.V. working a shot at the cenotaphs, Jaisalmer
Rojean
Jan and Lew
Barber, Jaisalmer
Making Masala chai, Jaisalmer
Young acrobat, Jaisalmer fort
Entrance gate, old city, Jaisalmer
Sunset, Khuri
Hi Karl,
Many wonderful images. Making tea, friendly people portraits. But I love the lady with the pink Sari in the doorway of the newly built yellow brick buluding -great light.
And I love seeing some of my friends. Please say Hello to Jan and Lew who look happy as ever and to Ursula who looks like a British lady visiting the colony.
And, above all continue to eno. And now I need to move on to the least liked task -try and recognize the leters in your security reCapticha…Ruti
So many familiar sites and colors in your great pictures.
Fabulous, Karl!
I gotta go next year..
Frank
Frank, I do hope you come along…it’s always awesome to travel, chill out and photograph with you!
Great images Karl, this is one place I aways want to photograph, maybe one day.
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