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Phodong Monastery.
Phodong Monastery is situated in the northern part of the state of Sikkim. It lies at a distance of approximately 28 km from the capital city of Gangtok. One of the six most important monasteries of Sikkim, Phodong dates back to the early 18th century. However, the monastery that we see today is not the original one and was rebuilt. Presently, it boasts of being one of the most beautiful monasteries in the state and serves as the residence of approximately 260 monks.
The monastery also has a rich collection of some ancient murals. The annual festival at Phodang Gompa of India takes place on the 28th and 29th day of the tenth month of the Tibetan Calendar (usually December). The celebrations of the festival include the performance of religious dances by the monks.
Mir woman (Gujarat).
Mir is a tribe/caste which has decended from the Butt tribe in Kashmir Valley of Baramulla. It is also in Sindh Gilgit and Punjab provinces of Pakistan and India. Mir are actually of Butt lineage along with Khwaja. Mir are also known as Butt today because they are actually descended directly from the Butt bloodlines. Mir became a subcaste somewhere around 1850 and is actually a name of a person and NOT a tribe.
Vadodara - India
Laxmi Vilas Palace - Vadodara
The term Maharaja Palace actually refers to a series of palaces in Vadodara, Gujarat, India, constructed since the Gaekwad a prominent Maratha family started ruling the Baroda State. The first one was a building known as the Sarkar Wada. This building, not really a palace, was given up for the Nazarbaug Palace built in old classical style.
A visit to the Lambadi or Banjara tribal people at Raikal village.
Amongst innumerable tribes who have thronged various places of eastern India, Banjara is significant. They are the typical nomads who wonder from one place to another thus leading a life in its own terms and condition. Thus their way of living is quite thrilling and full of adventures. What are equally colorful are their costumes. In fact, a Banjara women`s mode of dressing is regarded to be the most colorful as well as elaborate amongst all other tribal communities that are present at the moment in India.
An old woman selling coconuts by the road side; these coconuts are consumed mainly for it's coconut water. Madurai, India
The Rani-ki-Vav stepwell in Patan (Gujarat).
The Rani-ki-Vav is situated about 2 km to the northwest of Patan district of Gujarat State. It is the most magnificent stepwell in Gujarat built during 11-12th century. It faces east. A stepped corridor compartmented at regular intervals with pillared multi-storeyed pavilions is a unique feature. The four pavilions which demarcate the stages along the descent have multiple storeys, two, four, six and seven respectively. Sculptures of deities and other images adorn the walls flanking the staircase. Nearly four hundred niches on the walls display images.
Vadodara - Gujarat - India
Stop aan het folkmuseum in Chotta Udaipur.
Vadodara which used to be known as Baroda, is the third largest city in the Western Indian State of Gujarat, after Ahmedabad and Surat. It is the administrative headquarters of Vadodara District and is located on the banks of the Vishwamitri river, southeast of Ahmedabad, 139 kilometres from the state capital Gandhinagar.
The city is the site of the Lakshmi Vilas Palace, the residence of the Maharaja of Baroda and the royal family; and his erstwhile Darbar. It is also the home of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (Vadodara), the largest university in Gujarat. An important industrial, cultural and educational hub of western India, the city houses several institutions of national and regional importance while its major industries include petrochemicals, engineering, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, plastics, IT and foreign exchange services amongst others.
Vadodara has been selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship Smart Cities Mission.
The India Gate designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens is a national monument of India. It is located in national capital New Delhi. The foundation stone of India Gate was laid by His Royal Highness, the Duke of Connaught in 1921. The monument was dedicated to the nation 10 years later by the then Viceroy, Lord Irwin. Another memorial, Amar Jawan Jyoti was added much later, after India got its independence. The eternal flame burns day and night under the arch to remind the nation of soldiers who laid down their lives in the Indo-Pakistan War of December 1971.
The India Gate, an "Arc-de-Triomphe" like archway in the middle of a crossroad. Almost similar to its French counterpart, it commemorates the 70,000 Indian soldiers who lost their lives fighting for the British Army during the World War I. The memorial bears the names of more than 13,516 British and Indian soldiers killed in the Northwestern Frontier in the Afghan war of 1919.
The entire arch stands on a low base of red Bharatpur stone and rises in stages to a huge moulding. The cornice is inscribed with the Imperial suns while both sides of the arch have INDIA, flanked by the dates MCMXIV (1914 left) and MCMXIX (1919 right). The shallow domed bowl at the top was intended to be filled with burning oil on anniversaries but this is rarely done.
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Rajasthan (Devanagari: राजस्थान) is een deelstaat in het noordwesten van India, grenzend aan Pakistan. De hoofdstad van Rajasthan is Jaipur.
Rajasthan heeft een oppervlakte van 324.239 km² en telt 56.507.188 inwoners (2001). In oppervlakte en inwonertal staat het dus ongeveer gelijk aan Italië. Een groot deel van het westen van de staat wordt in beslag genomen door de Tharwoestijn
Rajasthan was eveneens bekend als Rajputana, naar de kaste van de Rajputs die hier sinds de 6de eeuw over lokale koninkrijken hebben geregeerd. Zij boden met wisselend succes weerstand tegen de islamitische Moguls die vanaf de 16de eeuw vanuit Afghanistan gebied in Rajastan innamen en tegen het midden van de 17de eeuw het grootste deel van het overwegend hindoeïstisch India beheersten.
Na de ondergang van het Mogulrijk in de loop van de 18de eeuw boden de maharaja's vervolgens verzet tegen de naburige koninkrijken van de Maratha's en Pindaris. Ze vroegen daarbij de hulp van de Britten, die hen in ruil voor handelsvoordelen steun en bescherming boden, waardoor de koninkrijken van Rajasthan vanaf het einde van de 19de eeuw koloniale provincies van Brits India werden, zij het met sterke lokale autonomie.
Sinds de onafhankelijkheid van India (1947) maken de koninkrijken integraal deel uit van de Indiase republiek, en vervullen de maharaja's geen enkele officiële functie meer.
Belangrijke steden in Rajasthan zijn:
Jaipur
Udaipur
Pushkar
Jodhpur
Jaisalmer
Bikaner
Ajmer
E' una delle nazioni più religiosamente diverse al mondo, con alcune delle società più profondamente religiose. La religione gioca ancora un ruolo centrale e definitivo nella vita di molti dei suoi abitanti.