The Monkey Who Stole My Sunset Primary Colors Abstract 1a

by Sue Jacobi

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The Monkey Who Stole My Sunset Primary Colors Abstract 1a

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Sue Jacobi

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Photograph - Fine Art Photography - Digital Art

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The Monkey Who Stole My Sunset Primary Colors Abstract 1a.
I was in seventh heaven, standing on the spacious ramparts of the Monson Palace in Udaipur, enjoying a beautiful sunset, and clicking away, trying to get the perfect shot. Suddenly, I thought I saw a huge black ring-like thing fly across my camera lens. What on earth could that possibly be, when there was no one nearby, and only the ramparts wall standing between me and the glorious sunset? Just to make sure I wasn�t dreaming, I pulled my eyes off my camera, and what do I see � the handsomest black faced grey langur monkey, also known as Hanuman monkey, 2 feet in front of me, settling down to squat firmly on the ramparts, bang in front of the setting sun! It was his long curved tail that had crossed my camera lens! I couldn�t believe my eyes! But I quickly got my bearings, and focussed my camera on the handsome poser instead. After all, it�s not everyday that a magnificent creature comes by and offers to model for you in front of a gorgeous setting sun, lol.
The Monsoon Palace, also known as the Sajjan Garh Palace, is a hilltop palatial residence in the city of Udaipur, Rajasthan in India, overlooking the Fateh Sagar Lake. It is named as Sajjangarh after Maharana Sajjan Singh (1874�1884) of the Mewar Dynasty, who built it in 1884. The palace offers a panoramic view of the city's lakes, palaces and surrounding countryside. It was built basically to watch the monsoon clouds; hence, appropriately, it is popularly known as Monsoon Palace. It is said that the Maharana built it at the top of the hill to get a view of his ancestral home of Chittaurgarh. Previously owned by the Mewar royal family, it is now under the control of the Forest Department of the Government of Rajasthan and has been opened to the public recently. The palace provides a beautiful view of the sunset.
High in the Aravalli Hills, just outside Udaipur, the Palace is illuminated in the evenings, giving a glow of golden orange (see image in the infobox). The palace was used in the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy as the residence of Kamal Khan, an exiled Afghan prince.
The palace, built with white marble, is located on Bansdara peak of the Aravalli hill range at an elevation of 944 m (3100 ft) above m.s.l.[clarification needed] and overlooking the Lake Pichola Lake from the west about 1,100 ft (340 m) below the palace. The intention of the original planner, Maharana Sajjan Singh, was to build a nine storey complex, basically as an astronomical centre and to keep track of the movement of monsoon (rain) clouds in the area surrounding the palace and also to provide employment to people. It was also meant to serve as a resort for the royal family. Unfortunately, the Maharana died prematurely at the age of 26 (after only 10 years of rule between 1874 and 1884), which resulted in shelving of his plans for some time. Before his death, he had built it partially, which was subsequently completed by his successor king Maharana Fateh Singh who used it to watch the monsoon clouds. The Royal family also used this building as a hunting lodge.
The white marble palace has high turrets and guards regulating each of the towers. The palace has a grand central court with a staircase and many rooms and quarters. The palace has been built on marble pillars, which have been carved with exquisite motifs of leaves and flowers. The walls are plastered by lime mortar. At night, the illuminated palace with the Rajasthani architecture comprising domes, fountains and jharokas gives it a fairy tale beauty. A unique water harvesting structure to collect rainwater in an underground cistern with storage capacity of 195,500 litre exists in the precincts of the palace. In spite of this water supply was found to be inadequate and the palace was therefore abandoned.
The Monsoon Palace was used as a location for the filming of the 1983 James Bond film, Octopussy. It appears as the residence of the principal villain, an exiled Afghan prince named Kamal Khan (Louis Jourdan),. Sequences shot at the palace include a 'tiger' hunt on elephants where 007 (Roger Moore) escapes from the Palace and is pursued into the jungle and the finale, complete with a battle in the courtyard and an escape by Union Jack hot-air balloon. Other footage in the film was shot at Shiv Niwas Palace and the Lake Palace Hotel. Scenes showing Bond eating dinner inside the palace, running between rooms, sliding down the grand staircase and finally a basement rendezvous for the villains in the film, were not shot inside the Monsoon Palace nor were the sets for those sequences based on the layout or features of the Monsoon Palace. Octopussy is screened daily in approximately half of the guest houses in Udaipur. In 2008 The Cheetah Girls filmed part of their Indian movie at the palace filming the song Dance Me If You Can.
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