Friday 21 December 2012

The Rajasthan circuit - Day 5 - Jaisalmer (still) - Walking around the lower city - The 19th of November 2012



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Our city "adventure" continued through the narrow and lively streets of the lower areas outside the Jaisalmer citadel.

How odd to have just walked out of beauty into what initially looked like an ordinary area smelling of cow dejects and aparently deprived of anything being worth looking at apart from a few scattered "havelis" ...





















































How wrong could I be ... We unexpectedely  came across a 1885 two-storey high "havali" - the Diwan Nathmal with its yellow stone elephants flanking the main entrance as if guarding it.

Having been constructed by two brother architects special detailed miniature paintings and carved columns were added to its pillars and walls.





















A few pictures taken  from its patio and overlooking the city and the fort clearly show the yellowish-golden tinge, which may well justify why Jaisalmer is often referred to as the "Golden city of India".










(To be continued)










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