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Jal Mahal (meaning “Water Palace”) is a palace located in the middle of the Man Sagar Lake in Jaipur city, the capital of the state of Rajasthan, India.
The Jal Mahal palace is considered an architectural beauty built in the Rajput and Mughal styles of architecture (common in Rajasthan) providing a picturesque view of the lake (from the Mansagar dam on the eastern side of the lake that acts as a vantage point for viewing the lake and the valley), and the surrounding Nahargarh (abode of the tigers) hills. The Jal Mahal Palace was built in red sandstone in 18th Century and is a five-story palace, with the first four floors being submerged under water.
The palace remained uninhabited, was not maintained and hence not visited by tourists. To remove the ecological damage caused to the lake due to indiscriminate pollution from the city sewerage, restoration measures were undertaken, since 2001, after a detailed study by the Government of Rajasthan.
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It was enlightening to talk with the local(s) about the (forced) decline of Newfoundland's Cod fishery. Those discussions dovetailed with this scene of an old fishing shack.
Getting the exposure right on this handheld scene was fun as well.
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On a hike at the Lake District, we got little lost when taking a wrong path that took us further inland and not so much uphill. But I was quite happy when I found other interesting things, and this tree trunk covered in moss took me to my fairytale mood.
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In the end, a meaningful life is not discovered, it is created, one small step at a time.
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MadPea;s Spooktacular Halloween Hunt at Sinster. It is that time again as MadPea Halloween hunt is on. Follow the link to get started.
Many years ago at the Saarbrücken library I started reading my kid a story from a book of Russian fairy tales. It was quite long (a story of twists and turns it was) so we left the pretty princess emprisonned in an impregnable copper tower to be delivered by her hardy hearted suitor on the next Saturday. Damnation... the book was gone. And the next week it was not back yet. It didn'tshow up the week afterwards either. Then we moved out of Saarbrücken, and to this day, wonder how the story went on. And this is why I insist on owning the books I read. The facade here reminded me of the copper tower, but that still doesn't tell me the end of the story.
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Civita was founded by Etruscans more than 2,500 years ago. Its population dwindled to just 6 residents over the course of the 20th century. Civita was the birthplace of Saint Bonaventure, who died in 1274. By the 16th century, Civita was beginning to decline, becoming eclipsed by its former suburb Bagnoregio.
At the end of the 17th century, the bishop and the municipal government were forced to move to Bagnoregio because of a major earthquake that accelerated the old town's decline. At that time, the area was part of the Papal States.
In the 19th century, Civita's location was turning into an island and the pace of the erosion quickened as the layer of clay below the stone was reached in the area where today's bridge is situated. Bagnoregio continues as a small but prosperous town, while Civita became known in Italian as il paese che muore ("the town that is dying").
The town is noted for its striking position atop a plateau of friable volcanic tuff overlooking the Tiber river valley, in constant danger of destruction as its edges fall off, leaving the buildings built on the plateau to crumble.
The population today varies from about 12 people in winter to more than 100 in summer.
A wonderful tree to sit under...
listen to the music or
hear the poems of a storyteller ...
My love
Has told me
That she needs me.
That's why
I take good care of myself
Watch out where I'm going and
Fear that any drop of rain
Might kill me.
Shot taken with Canon EOS 350 D - Berlin "Glienicker Park" 2008
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El Forn & Prats landscape with view to Llac d'Engolasters & Vall del Madriu & Perafita mountains. Canillo parroquia, Vall d'Orient, Andorra, Pyrenees
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Three almost identical houses in a row are the only dwellings in the vicinity of Semska, a former railway station on the Nordland line.
The train windows were iced over this early afternoon in mid March. Further south, heading for Trondheim, the train hit rainy weather. Or was that on a different journey?
Crossing Saltfjellet mountain the train slows down considerably to avoid hitting reindeer. Fences have also been put up to try to keep them off the tracks.
Photos: 10th March 2010 © Lise Utne
One of my favourite places in Mumbai is to Dhobi Ghats. It’s a large open air laundry mat of sorts. The people who work here also live here, Many with their families. It’s a community, even with it own school !
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On the way to Leh. Ladakh
In the past Ladakh gained importance from its strategic location at the crossroads of important trade routes, but since the Chinese authorities closed the borders with Tibet and Central Asia in the 1960s, international trade has dwindled except for tourism. Since 1974, the Government of India has successfully encouraged tourism in Ladakh. Since Ladakh is a part of the Kashmir dispute, the Indian military maintains a strong presence in the region.
The largest town in Ladakh is Leh. A majority of Ladakhis are Tibetan Buddhists and the rest are mostly Shia Muslims. Some Ladakhi activists have in recent times called for Ladakh to be constituted as a union territory because of its religious and cultural differences with predominantly Muslim Kashmir.
Contemporary Ladakh borders Tibet to the east, the Lahaul and Spiti to the south, the Vale of Kashmir, Jammu and Baltiyul regions to the west, and the trans–Kunlun territory of East Turkistan to the far north. Ladakh is renowned for its remote mountain beauty and culture. It is sometimes called "Little Tibet" as it has been strongly influenced by Tibetan culture.
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Tibetan prayer wheels (called Mani wheels by the Tibetans) are devices for spreading spiritual blessings and well being. Rolls of thin paper, imprinted with many, many copies of the mantra (prayer) Om Mani Padme Hum, printed in an ancient Indian script or in Tibetan script, are wound around an axle in a protective container, and spun around and around. Typically, larger decorative versions of the syllables of the mantra are also carved on the outside cover of the wheel.
Tibetan Buddhists believe that saying this mantra, out loud or silently to oneself, invokes the powerful benevolent attention and blessings of Chenrezig, the embodiment of compassion.
Another view from Via dei Giustiniani in Genoa, Italy.
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Adorably Fairy-like creatures !! The pale shades of these darlings , with their tiny raindrops -- even with no sun (!)-- fill my being with awe and admiration for all His Plant-Life Kingdom!!
And, thank you , Keukenhof Park human Artists!!
Name: Winter Tale (Sunshine var.)
Designer: Valentina Minayeva
Units: 30
Paper: 4,0 х 24,0 (1:6)
Final height: ~ 11,0 cm
without glue