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.
Elephant deterrent spikes on the doors of Jaisalmer fort
Kim
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Prem
Jennifer working the shot
Great pictures my friend, this one is on my bucket list.
Thanks Celso! I hope you can make it to this trip some time. It would be awesome to travel and photograph with you again. Meanwhile, take care my friend.