The Amer Fort Jaipur The Amer Fort Jaipur FollowFollowFollowFollow Amer or Amber? The Amer fort, often referred to as the ‘Amber Fort’ is just 20 minutes outside of Jaipur and dominates the hillside, as it was meant to. Built over an 11th century for in...
The Jal Mahal Jaipur The Jal Mahal Jaipur FollowFollowFollowFollow Water Palace As you may know, ‘Mahal’ in Hindi means palace, as in Taj Mahal, and ‘Jal’ means water and you may run into this in other cities in India where there are water...
Gaitore Legendary Kings FollowFollowFollowFollow Memorials After the buzz and noise of Jaipur, aitore is a welcome oasis of silence in beautiful green gardens and on the road to The Amber Fort. Gaitore was the royal cremation ground of the Kachhwaha Rajputs from 1733,...
Jaipur the pink city Jaipur The pink city FollowFollowFollowFollow The city palace Jaipur The pink city is so named after the pink coloured sandstone from which many of the buildings are built, that shimmer in the hot Rajasthani sun. We are also from a pink city,...
Ellangudipatti Sacred groves FollowFollowFollowFollow Silence Arriving at one of the sacred groves in the Chettinad region of Tamil Nadu is quite a surreal experience. We expected to be confronted by ticket booths and all the rest that you get in tourist sites in...
Chettinad villages and houses Villages and Houses FollowFollowFollowFollow Past glory Chettinad is a region in Tamil Nadu in south India which is made up of 70 odd villages that seem almost stuck in time. The name comes from the caste of traders, Chettiars, mostly...
