दोस्तों ,राजस्थान भारत का एक खूबसूरत प्रान्त है|यहाँ की राजधानी जयपुर है और यह प्रांत भारत गणराज्य का क्षेत्रफल के आधार पर सबसे बड़ा राज्य है|भौगोलिक विशेषताओं में पश्चिम में थार मरूस्थल और घग्गर नदी का अंतिम छोर है। विश्व की पुरातन श्रेणियों में प्रमुख अरावली श्रेणी भी इसी राज्य में है.

राजस्थान राज्य अपने भव्य किलों, महलों और सुंदर झीलों के लिए प्रसिद्ध है, जो विश्वभर से पर्यटकों को आकर्षित करते हैं| राजस्थान राज्य की राजधानी जयपुर, गुलाबी नगरी के रूप में प्रसिद्ध हैं, राजस्थान राज्य के पश्चिमी भाग में केन्द्र में स्थित, जोधपुर शहर राज्य का दूसरा सबसे बड़ा शहर है और दर्शनीय महलों, दुर्गों औऱ मंदिरों को प्रस्तुत करते हुए एक लोकप्रिय पर्यटक गंतव्य है|पूर्वी राजस्थान का द्वार’ भरतपुर, भारत के पर्यटन मानचित्र में अपना महत्व रखता है।जैसलमेर गर्म और झुलसाने वाली ग्रीष्म ओर ठंड़ी और जमाने वाली सर्दियों के साथ विशिष्ट रेगिस्तानी वर्ग की जलवायु के लिए जाना जाता है व् सैंकड़ों और हजारों पर्यटक साम रेतीले टीलों से प्रकृति के अद्भुत कलात्मक दृश्य को देखने राजस्थान आते हैं और यह स्थान ऊँट अभियान के द्वारा अच्छी तरह बताया जा सकता है| दक्षिणी भाग में स्थित और अरावली श्रेणियों से घिरा उदयपुर मेवाड़ के प्राचीन राज्य की ऐतिहासिक राजधानी है और इसकी सुंदर झीलों, सुनिर्मित महलों, हरे भरे बगीचों और मंदिरों के लिए जाना जाता है|

इस थ्रेड का उद्देश्य लोगो को राजस्थान की संस्कृति, वास्तुकला एवं यहाँ के लोगो के बारे में फ्लिकर के चित्रों द्वारा परिचित कराना है| आशा करता हूँ के आप सभी को मेरा राज्य और यहाँ के लोग पसंद आये! धन्यवाद| :)


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Rājasthān is the largest state of the Republic of India by area.Jaipur is the capital and the largest city of the state. Geographical features include the Thar Desert along north-western Rajasthan and the termination of the Ghaggar River near the archaeological ruins at Kalibanga, which are the oldest in the subcontinent discovered so far.One of the world's oldest mountain ranges, the Aravalli Range also lies here.

Rajasthan is one of the most popular tourist destination in India, for both domestic & international tourists. Rajasthan attracts tourist for its historical forts, palaces, art and culture. Every third foreign tourist visiting India also travel to Rajasthan as it is part of the Golden Triangle for tourists visiting India.

Endowed with natural beauty and a great history, tourism is a flourishing industry in Rajasthan. The palaces of Jaipur, lakes of Udaipur, and desert forts of Jodhpur, Bikaner & Jaisalmer are among the most preferred destination of many tourists

The aim of this thread is to show Rajasthan's culture, heritage and people through fine images borrowed from flickr and my personal collection. Hope you enjoy.



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Location:Jaisalmer Fort
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Location: Jaisalmer Fort

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The Teej festival from Jaipur

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Albert Hall, Ram Nivas Bagh, Jaipur

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Kumbhalgarh Fort

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Ghoomar: a rajasthani dance.
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A short video of the same dancers performing the dance:

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Shilpagram, Udaipur made to show the rural life and arts&crafts of Rajasthan.

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Rajasthan is my favourate state

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Very nice....why not move this to the general photography section in main SSC forum? India will get more coverage!

I was thinking about it... but I want to post in both sections ( here and the general photography) but then I thought it would be time consuming to post one thing twice... unless there is a quicker way to do it.

Alright I just made the the thread in the general photography section.

Very nice. Good efforts to bring out the beauties of Rajasthan.

Very good HQ pics...nice work Jodhu.

Albert Hall, Ram Nivas Bagh, Jaipur

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^^this now my desktop background

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It is beautiful and I like it more because the govt controls it and even then it is kept in such a nice condition. lol Also, thanks everyone for appreciating. :)

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Location: City Palace, Udaipur

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very nice jodhu

I have a source of a lot of Jaipur pics. should i pm them to you?

yeah if they're good and are already uploaded on flickr or a similar website then yeah pm me :)

Sardar Samand palace is quite new - dates from the 1930s if I'm not wrong, and its usually classified as "art deco".

Sardar Samand palace is quite new - dates from the 1930s if I'm not wrong, and its usually classified as "art deco".

Yes, The Jodhpur royals were into art deco. One of the finest examples of art deco is the Ummaid Bhawan Palace. A lot of their palaces are built in the art deco style.Ummaid Bhawan,Saradar samand being the prominent ones.

Speaking of Umed Bhawant here are the pictures:
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That doesn't seem like art-deco at all. It uses very traditional motifs. Although those chattri-like things could be considered art-deco-ish :lol:

That doesn't seem like art-deco at all. It uses very traditional motifs. Although those chattri-like things could be considered art-deco-ish :lol:

The interiors of the rooms is art deco...the exterior is indo-saracenic... let me show you the plan designs of the rooms when they were first made: (click on the link)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/klaasfotocollectie/3033708279/

Some examples
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The bathtub I hear is made from a single stone block.
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very very nice

Thanks :)

Rajasthan is a very beautiful place and the culture of Rajasthan is nice and Rajasthan is a famous for a historical place and Rajasthan 's dance and dress and the art are really a famous and a very nice place like a Ajmer,Jaipur,Jaisalmer,Udaipur this are the famous place here,In Rajasthan famous for a desert and here a photos of Rajasthan are really a nice you see a photos of art,dance and a mountain and a culture 's photos,really a nice place.

:)

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WOW, breathtaking pics. some of the best pics i've ever seen of india.

Thanks. You need to explore more of india... this is nothing.

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Beautiful!

Thanks.

pure beauty.
its a photographers paradise

Thanks Illu :) It's nice to see a comment as people normally don't visit this section.

Jodhu, i visit this thread everyday. I donot comment here, because then u get annoyed.

By the way, did u go to Rajsthani cultural prorgamme in London?

I don't mind comments babaji! :) and which program?

any programme, there are lot of cultural programmes are being held

I don't have a clue about them.

very good work jodhu :cheers:

very good work jodhu :cheers:

Thanks.

wow!! there is so much scope for tourism here but no one to promote :ohno:

LOL no one to promote? Rajasthan is the leading state in tourism. Every third foreign tourist visiting India travel to Rajasthan.

LOL no one to promote? Rajasthan is the leading state in tourism. Every third foreign tourist visiting India travel to Rajasthan.

have you seen the promotion done by modi have a look at gujarat projects thread!! i never heard about such projects in Rajasthan!!

That's because Gujrat is stepping into the tourism market. Rajasthan already is a well established tourist destination. Every month there are hundreds of articles written by journalists about rajasthan. It is a popular destination for filming I mean even I have seen several shows here in britain which have done their shooting in rajasthan. Recently the most popular soap opera in Brazil was based in Jaipur. It is also a wedding hot spot. Prime example being Liz Hurley and Arun Nair's Wedding, Raveen Tandon's wedding etc. The palace on wheels get booked for the whole of the season very quickly. The extent is so much the an article by lonely planet changed an omelette walah's life! Also if you see the incredible india adverts most of the locations are from Rajasthan.

That's because Gujrat is stepping into the tourism market. Rajasthan already is a well established tourist destination. Every month there are hundreds of articles written by journalists about rajasthan. It is a popular destination for filming I mean even I have seen several shows here in britain which have done their shooting in rajasthan. Recently the most popular soap opera in Brazil was based in Jaipur. It is also a wedding hot spot. Prime example being Liz Hurley and Arun Nair's Wedding, Raveen Tandon's wedding etc. The palace on wheels get booked for the whole of the season very quickly. The extent is so much the an article by lonely planet changed an omelette walah's life! Also if you see the incredible india adverts most of the locations are from Rajasthan.

when did i say that it is not the most favourite tourist destination... i mean see the potential is big, see dubai is having 8 million tourists and whole of india only 5 million it is a big shame there must be someone to PROMOTE leave the palace of wheels have you ever heard of any major step taken by govt to promote the tourism here ...

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Restoring forts,palaces and heritage structures. Coming up with different ideas to make the locations more interesting such as: Light and sound shows. Promoting Rajasthan destinations in events like the common wealth games. Organising things like the desert festival and numerous other festivals with different themes in different cities. Promoting new destinations and new ideas of tourism such as eco and rural tourism. All these pictures you see where the forts and palaces are in a good conditon compared to the rest of india a lot of them are owned and maintained by the govt. The govt also sends folk artists etc to participate abroad in events promoting rajasthan. The RTDC ( rajasthan tourism development corporation also organises a lot of things..


just a note: because you don't see much news about all this on the ssc that doesn't mean it does not happen.

just a note: because you don't see much news about all this on the ssc that doesn't mean it does not happen.

if so many things are happening then why there are no media reports is our media sleeping :bash:

It is covered but just not here on ssc.

It is covered but just not here on ssc.
why are you not posting then????

I try to post as much as I can but it's a tiring job doing everything single handedly. Also the sub forums are visited by less people.

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ashwa can u post it in the international threads?or make a new thread in the world forums?
Beautiful work by u, nice compilation

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There is a thread in the international section. You need to look more carefully. It's in the general photography section. There is also a thread on the Jaipur cityscapes in the international cityscapes section. :)

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Amazing well--Looks scary my god...its damn scary :ohno:

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At one point Rajmandir movie theater was considered most beautiful theater in whole of Asia. it was way ahead of its time.

jodhu, this thread is your best creation.

Amazing well--Looks scary my god...its damn scary :ohno:


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rajasthan has a culture of bawaris to store water. in my native village too we have a very old bawari which is 6 stories deep. it stays dry all year but for few months it fills up in days.

rajasthan has a culture of bawaris to store water. in my native village too we have a very old bawari which is 6 stories deep. it stays dry all year but for few months it fills up in days.

That water is used for what actually???Drinking or domestic use??

Rajasthan is historical place in India and also cultured oriented people in rajasthan and places in rajasthan are really very beautiful and also handy carft things which made in Rajasthan that was fantastic.