We'd finished the festival, but there was still plenty to see in Jaipur. Sunday took us to the City Palace and Jantar Mantar.
The amazing and surreal Jantar Mantar, an observatory built in the 1700s. It has been inscribed on the World Heritage List as "an expression of the astronomical skills and cosmological concepts of the court of a scholarly prince at the end of the Mughal period".
The next day we headed to the Taj Mahal, stopping at Fatehpur Sikri along the way. Built during the second half of the 16th century by the Emperor Akbar, Fatehpur Sikri (the City of Victory) was the capital of the Mughal Empire for only some 10 years. The complex of monuments and temples, all in a uniform architectural style, includes one of the largest mosques in India, the Jama Masjid.
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| largest silver vessels in the world used to carry water from the Ganges River to England in 1901 |
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| gorgeous peacock gate, one of 4 respresenting the 4 seasons and Hindu gods (this one is summer and Vishnu) |
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| spring and ganesha gate |
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| scorpio |
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| I have no idea what I was looking at but it was cool |
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| for tracking the North Star...somehow |
The next day we headed to the Taj Mahal, stopping at Fatehpur Sikri along the way. Built during the second half of the 16th century by the Emperor Akbar, Fatehpur Sikri (the City of Victory) was the capital of the Mughal Empire for only some 10 years. The complex of monuments and temples, all in a uniform architectural style, includes one of the largest mosques in India, the Jama Masjid.
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| the old market area |
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| A little taste of the local paparazzi |
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