Sunday, December 14, 2008

Ranakpur, India

The temple from the outside.

Ranakpur, India

Ranakpur, India

Ranakpur, India

Ranakpur, India

En route to Udaipur we stopped off to see this Jain temple. The temple is breath-taking, every inch of it intricately carved. We were lucky enough to arrive just as the afternoon light was streaming though.

Rohetgarh, India

Rohetgarh, India

Rohetgarh, India

Rohetgarh, India

Rohetgarh, India

A guide from the village of Rohetgarh took us a little way from the village to visit a Jina settlement.

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Rohetgarh, India

Nimaj, India

Nimaj, India

Nimaj, India

This was one of the hotels we stayed in, a really beautiful, characterful building.

Nimaj, India

Many of the places we stayed in had these beautiful wall paintings, everywhere you looked. I had wondered how they were done, imagining templates and spray paint but we happened to see this man at work using just a paint brush and paint, not even a ruler.

Saturday, December 06, 2008

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Varanasi, India

A rowing boat on the Ganges in the morning light.