The Golden Triangle is one of the most well known destinations for visitors to India. The three cities that form the Golden Triangle are Delhi, Agra and Jaipur.
Delhi is the seat of power of modern India (including the British Raj and previously, the Mughals). Agra was one of the important and sustained seats of Power for the Mughals. And Jaipur represents diplomacy at its best as the Rajput Kings dealt their hand deftly with the rulers of India for more than 400 years for the protection and betterment of their subjects.
British/Gothic, Mughal/Islamic and Hindu architecture is prominently on display and remarkable signs of integration can be seen throughout.
Delhi is the seat of power of modern India (including the British Raj and previously, the Mughals). Agra was one of the important and sustained seats of Power for the Mughals. And Jaipur represents diplomacy at its best as the Rajput Kings dealt their hand deftly with the rulers of India for more than 400 years for the protection and betterment of their subjects.
British/Gothic, Mughal/Islamic and Hindu architecture is prominently on display and remarkable signs of integration can be seen throughout.
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| British Delhi - Presidential Palace - The monkeys caught our eye |
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| Humayun's Tomb - The Second Mughal Emperor |
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| The one and only - The 'wows' don't stop! |
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| We had company at the Taj Mahal |
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| The great composer, Tansen, performed here for Akbar at his signature palace |
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| Amber Fort - In Jaipur |
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| Hindu Temple - Notice the stunning difference to Gothic and Mughal architecture |
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| We had company in Jaipur as well |
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| 'Colonel Hathi, if you please' - famous line from Kipling's Jungle Book |
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| Need a ride? |
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| The snake charmer spoke excellent Spanish - honest!! |
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| Who's on the wrong side of the road? |
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| The way this guy 'materialized' for this picture was a thing of beauty |
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| #1 Restaurant of our trip - Bukhara. #1 Dish of our trip - Dal Bukhara. They bottle that stuff! |
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| Two Thumbs Up from my Friends - hey, I'm just sayin' |
3 comments:
Thank you so much for sharing - What a wonderful expereince!
Awesome!
Karolyn and I read this together - "He's very artistic!" was her quote.
We loved the pictures - incredible architecture and surprised to see the number of monkeys roaming about!
All this food talk is making us hungry - now we're off to try to find some decent ethnic fare in Charlotte...
Welcome back - hope you're well.
Very nice pictures. Great post below - you should take up a writing gig in your free time. Looks like you had an amazing trip. Let's catch up some time over beer.
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