Chilling by the Roadside in Jaipur Rajasthan India Photograph by Sue Jacobi

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Chilling by the Roadside in Jaipur Rajasthan India

by Sue Jacobi

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Title

Chilling by the Roadside in Jaipur Rajasthan India

Artist

Sue Jacobi

Medium

Photograph - Digital Photography

Description

Chilling by the Roadside in Jaipur Rajasthan India. Photography by Sue Jacobi - Sudha Jacobi, on www.sue-j.artistwebsites.com
While driving along the streets of Jaipur, also known as The Pink City, I came across these two men. In the midday sun and heat, they were relaxing gratefully in the shade of a tree. They were not lacking for comfort either... they were sitting on a couple of "modas" or little seats made of cane wood, light and easily transportable. People typically tend to take it easy :) A laid back lifestyle is often seen in Jaipur and Rajasthan, in this region of India. If it was morning time, I wouldn't at all have been surprised to see them reading a newspaper under that tree by the roadside! Of course, with a cup of tea or hot flavored "chai" by their side :)
Jaipur is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan in Northern India. It was founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, after whom the city is named. The city today has a population of 3.1 million. Jaipur is known as the Pink City of India. You can see why ... the color of the walls in the above picture, for example. Many houses, public buildings and walls are painted soft shades of pink, just like this wall. It is done by mixing a pink pigment while whitewashing the walls.
Jaipur city is unusual among pre-modern Indian cities in the regularity of its streets, and the division of the city into six sectors by broad streets 34 m (111 ft) wide. The urban quarters are further divided by networks of gridded streets. Five quarters wrap around the east, south, and west sides of a central palace quarter, with a sixth quarter immediately to the east. The Palace quarter encloses the Hawa Mahal palace complex, formal gardens, and a small lake. Nahargarh Fort, which was the residence of the King Sawai Jai Singh II, crowns the hill in the northwest corner of the old city. The observatory, Jantar Mantar, is one of the World Heritage Sites.[4] Included on the Golden Triangle tourist circuit, along with Delhi and Agra, Jaipur is an extremely popular tourist destination in Rajasthan and India.

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