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Rajput architecture is an architectural style associated with the forts and palaces of the many Rajput rulers. Many of the Rajput forts are UNESCO World Heritage Sites and popular tourist attractions. Rajput architecture represents different types of buildings, which may broadly be classed either as religious or military.
After some experimentation in the early 17th century, the Rajput manuscript format clarified into the large pothī, with paintings occupying the full size of the folio and text on the reverse and on intervening folios. In Rajput manuscripts, contrary to Mughal tradition, several connected incidents from a story quite often were illustrated in ...
The main block of the city palace is approached through a modest door from the Ganesha Deodhi terrace. The door is flanked by whitewashed walls vibrantly painted with martial animals in the traditional Rajput style. There is a big boulders in the entry where elephants were tied. This elephant parking has now become car parking.
It is the second oldest fort in Rajasthan, built in 1156 AD by the Rajput [33] Legend has it that the fort was built by Rawal Jaisal, a Bhati Rajput, in 1156 CE. [34] The story says that it superseded an earlier construction at Lodhruva , with which Jaisal was unsatisfied and thus, a new capital was established when Jaisal founded the city of ...
A view of the fortress above the city, in the evening. Legend has it that the fort was built by Rawal Jaisal, a Bhati Rajput, in 1156 CE. [6] The story says that it superseded an earlier construction at Lodhruva, with which Jaisal was unsatisfied and thus, a new capital was established when Jaisal founded the city of Jaisalmer.
The sequence of images (see infobox) painted on the Pabuji Ki Phad is: the main deity - Pabuji - is at the centre and to his right is his court with his four principal companions, on the left of the main deity, is the court of Buro, his brother. At the extreme left is Umarkot and at the left edge, Lanka.
Built-in red and pink coloured sandstone, in keeping with the décor of the other monuments in the city, its colour is a full testimony to the epithet of "Pink City" given to Jaipur. Its façade with 953 niches with intricately carved jharokhas (some are made of wood) is a stark contrast to the plain-looking rear side of the structure.
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