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)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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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)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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Zenotaphen-Ansammlung (chhatris) von Bada Bagh (bei Jaisalmer/ Rajasthan) für die Maharajas des (früheren) Staates (Rajputen-Königtum) von Jaisalmer.
(Februar 2017)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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