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)
#Cenotaphs, #chhatris, #Grabmäler, #Architektur, #architecture, #Bada_Bagh, #Jaisalmer, #Rajasthan, #India, #Indien

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)
#Bada_Bagh, #chhatris, #cenotaphs, #Architektur, #architecture, #Jaisalmer, #Rajasthan, #India, #Indien

The 'Mandore gardens' in Mandore/Rajasthan (near Jodhpur, India) boasts several temples and chhatris (cenotaphs) of many rulers of Jodhpur state, mainly from the 18th and 19th century.
(February 2017)
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#Gärten, #gardens, #Tempel, #chhatris, #Architektur, #architecture, #Ornamentik, #Mandore, #Jodhpur, #Rajasthan, #India, #Indien

At the jetty of Gadisagar Lake in Jaisalmer/ Rajasthan (India). The lake has many chhatris and shrines of Hindu Gods and goddesses.
(February 2017)
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Chhatris (cenotaphs) in Dundlod (Jhunjhunu district, Shekhawati region of Rajasthan/ India) at dusk.
(February 2017)
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#Abenddämmerung, #dusk, #Chhatris, #cenotaphs, #Pavillons, #Architektur, #architecture, #Mogulstil, #Dundlod, #Rajasthan, #India, #Indien

The memorial chhatris (cenotaphs) of the royal Family (Maharajas) of Jaisalmer State/ Rajasthan (India) near Jaisalmer (Bada Bagh).
(February 2017)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Architektur, #architecture, #memorials, #chhatris, #cenotaphs, #maharajas, #Bada_Bagh, #Jaisalmer, #Rajasthan, #India, #Indien

Chhatris ( Kenotaphe) in Dundlod (Jhunjhunu-Distrikt/ Rajasthan, Indien).
(Februar 2017)
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#Architektur, #architecture, #Kenotaphe, #Chhatris, #Dundlod, #Shekhawati, #Jhunjhunu, #Rajasthan, #Indien, #India

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)
#Architektur, #architecture, #Kenotaphen, #cenotaphs, #chhatris, #Bada_Bagh, #Maharajas, #Rajputen, #Jaisalmer, #Rajasthan, #Indien, #India

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)
#Architektur, #architecture, #Zenotaphen, #cenotaphs, #chhatris, #Bada_Bagh, #Maharajas, #Rajputen, #Jaisalmer, #Rajasthan, #Indien, #India

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