Old and modern: windmills and royal chhatri tombs (cenotaphs) built by the kings of the state of Jaisalmer in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries in Bada Bagh near Jaisalmer/Rajasthan (India).
(February 2017)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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Bada Bagh, near Jaisalmer/ Rajasthan (India) is an ensemble of royal chhatri cenotaphs constructed by the kings of the Jaisalmer State in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries.
(February 2017)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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Chhatris (cenotaphs) in Dundlod (Jhunjhunu district, Shekhawati region of Rajasthan/ India) at dusk.
(February 2017)
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The Jaswant Thada cenotaph in Jodhpur/ Rajasthan (India) with the neighbouring lake.
(February 2017)
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The memorial chhatris (cenotaphs) of the royal Family (Maharajas) of Jaisalmer State/ Rajasthan (India) near Jaisalmer (Bada Bagh).
(February 2017)
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Three smaller cenotaphs in the garden of Jaswant Thada mausolem (Jodhpur/ Rajasthan, India).
(February 2017)
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The Jaswant Thada is a cenotaph in Jodhpur (Rajasthan, India) erected in 1899 in memory of Maharaja Jaswant Singh II of the royal Rajput family of Marwar.
(February 2017)
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Each cenotaph in the Bada Bagh cenotaph ensemble (near Jaisalmer/ Rajasthan) consists of a marble slab or relief with inscriptions about the deceased king and a symbolic image of a man on a horse.
(February 2017)
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Old and new: Wind turbines and cenotaphs (chhatris) in Bada Bagh near Jaisalmer/ Rajasthan (India) of the former rulers (Maharajas) of the Jaisalmer kingdom.
(February 2017)
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The village of Dundlod near Nawalgarh (Rajasthan, India) is well-known for its chhatris (dome-shaped pavilions, often cenotaphs).
(February 2017)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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