Tagged With "Rajasthan"
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Re: August 5, 2017: The Potter and his Wife
An interesting insight garage med by poking around in unexpected places. The caste system is still a blight on Indian society, though breaking down in towns and cities due to the pressures of modern life (sharing transport for example), in rural areas it can be deadly serious when low caste people try to assert democratic rights
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Re: August 5, 2017: The Potter and his Wife
Cheers Blasted technology. Turns 'gained' into 'garage med' - what sort of prediction is that ?
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Re: August 5, 2017: The Potter and his Wife
I hate "autocorrect" as well. More of a problem than a help, but I appreciate your comment and insights, Bob.
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Re: August 5, 2017: The Potter and his Wife
Makes me feel less guilty about living in a "Throw Away" Society.
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Re: August 5, 2017: The Potter and his Wife
It may be throwaway, but it is clay and it returns to the ground to be reused again at sometime in the future.
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Re: August 5, 2017: The Potter and his Wife
Re-cycling - saving the world - one pot at a time !
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Re: November 26, 2017: Ranakpur: The Most Delicate Jain Temple
You are absolutely right. Not only is Ranakpur a convenient stopping-off point between Jodhpur and Udaipur, it is also one of Rajasthan's gems. We spent several hours there last year exploring both the main temple and the adjoining one. There were a few other tourists there, but it seems that most tours bypass the site completely.
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Re: November 26, 2017: Ranakpur: The Most Delicate Jain Temple
Ranakpur temple is surely one of the greatest sights of India in my opinion, the scope of intricacy baffles the mind; there is hardly anywhere I can think of that is suffused with the sense of spirituality. Jains, of course, do not have god(s), they revere Tirthankaras as portals to enlightenment, and in many ways westerners can find this easier to relate to. I was personally carried away by this feeling, and an overwhelming sense of peace and contentment that has stayed with me. My group...
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Re: January 15, 2020: Shopping in Jojawar
A great post about the ordinary in small town India. I've never been a great one for grand buildings of any sort. Ordinary people built them all ! Hardware stores are MOST illuminating 😃 The green fruit is a bit hard to be sure but it looks like 'amroodh', grown I believe in hilly northern areas - they're almost sweet, not that interesting and lots of ball-bearing seeds. There is an English name that escapes me ! Well it did so I looked up on Ecosia - it's guava !
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Re: Egg Trees in India ?
Camel eyelashes are used in making the paintbrushes for fine details, and camel urine is concentrated to make the yellow pigment in these beautifully detailed paintings. A fine example of how nothing useful (or even not that useful) ever goes to waste in India.
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Re: Doors of Jojawar
Some fine old doors there Doc ! 😀 D'you know they are bring prised out and sold as architectural salvage - often at high prices - to be mounted in hotels, houses as feature walls ? Otherwise I guess new owners would cast them out for firewood 😱
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November 26, 2017: Ranakpur: The Most Delicate Jain Temple
Grand Escapades shares a visit to a beautiful Jain temple in Rajasthan, in Ranakpur.
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The Bikaner Mail
Bob Cranwell shares the story of a most memorable train journey -- an experience uniquely Indian.
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August 5, 2017: The Potter and his Wife
DrFumblefinger visits the home of a village potter in Rajasthan, and learns a few lessons in molding clay and the Caste system.
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January 15, 2020: Shopping in Jojawar
DrFumblefinger visits the market in the small Rajasthani city of Jojawar.
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July 7, 2018: A Child is Born
DrFumblefinger witnesses a small parade serving as a "birth announcement" while journeying through Rajasthan.
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Egg Trees in India ?
Bob Cranwell gives as an insightful look into life in Rajasthan and some of the changes that the area has undergone in the past few decades.
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Doors of Jojawar
DrFumblefinger shares with us some interesting doors he found in the village of Jojawar, India.
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September 16, 2020: Camel cart in Rajasthan
DrFumblefinger shares some images of a camel pulling a cart. Camels are commonly seen and very useful in the desert areas of India.
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August 11, 2020: A Tea Stop in Rajasthan
DrFumblefinger shares some of the sights of a tea/snack stop while on the road in Rajasthan.
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Chand Baori Stepwell, Abaneri
DrFumblefinger visits one of India's fascinating and ancient stepwells, this one Chand Baori, in the village of Abaneri, Rajasthan.
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Re: Chand Baori Stepwell, Abaneri
I remember being gob-smacked when I set eyes on this one. Our driver had never heard of it and also seemed very impressed. Superb photos!
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A Warm Welcome to Abaneri
DrFumblefinger fondly remembers the warm welcome these kids provided to their village in Rajasthan.
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World's Most Unusual Truck?
DrFumblefinger came across this skeletal truck while traveling the roads of Rajasthan, India.
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Re: World's Most Unusual Truck?
I found a similar truck which has a number of variants. It is a Ashok-Leyland which is used in the mining industry and other heavy industries. Guess is it used to drive inside the mines.
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Re: Through the Rear Window: Traveling to Jaipur
A nice collection of the everyday in Rajasthan. Sometimes ‘the sights’ seem peripheral to the constant bustle of coming, going, making, growing, buying, selling and the not quite understood activities (to the stranger). That firewood looks like sugar cane to me - more like fodder for the house goats !
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Through the Rear Window: Traveling to Jaipur
DrFumblefinger enjoys road trips. His travels in India gave him plenty of time to study and photograph the changing scenery from his tour van window.
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Jagdish Temple, Udaipur
DrFumblefinger visits the Jagdish Temple in Udaipur, just steps from the Royal Temple. It is one of the most important Hindu shrines in Rajasthan.
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Ox-Cart Ride, India
DrFumblefinger goes on one of the least comfortable journeys of his life -- in a traditional ox-drawn cart.