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Raigad Fort in Maharashtra, India: Literally the 'king of all forts', Raigad is located in the Sahyadri Mountains and is accessed by 1400-1500 steps. #Fort #India #Raigad_Fort
Hermes creates a limited edition sari collection for the Indian luxury market. At $6000-8000 a pop, only Bollywood stars could afford it. No self-respecting Indian woman would go without a blouse!
After a life-changing journey to Rajasthan in 2008, artist Karen Knorr wanted to celebrate the visual richness found in the fables, myths and stories of northern India using sacred and secular sites to highlight the caste system, femininity and its relationship with the animal world. Interiors of palaces, mausoleums, and holy sites were photographed with a large format camera and a variety of animals were photographed separately in sanctuaries and zoos. Knorr combined the two elements, fusing high resolution with analogue photography. The result is an impressive and spellbinding series I hope to see in person someday.
In 1928 he, Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of the princely state of Patiala, commissioned the House of Cartier to make a masterpiece to adorn his neck, which held 2,930 diamonds and weighed almost a thousand carats. Mysteriously, the Patiala Necklace disappeared in 1948 only to be discovered later in 1998 at a second hand jewelry shop in London, stripped of all its diamonds. Cartier acquired the remains of this art deco bib necklace and spent four years restoring it with substitute stones.
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Benteng Chittorgarh, India Chittorgarh Fort is considered as the largest fort in India and the best in the state of Rajasthan. The fort is built on a hilly 1.1 square mile plot of land. When it was built in the 7th century AD. it’s ruler, Iwan Fals Rawal has intended it to be a dowry for his daughter Solanki.
"After a life-changing journey to Rajasthan in 2008, artist Karen Knorr wanted to celebrate the visual richness found in the fables, myths and stories of northern India using sacred and secular sites to highlight the caste system, femininity and its relationship with the animal world."
Rajasthan Dust Storm by Steve McCurry. McCurry said of this image, “My first instinct was to put away the camera, to protect it from the dust. But then I figured I could buy new equipment, but the moment would not come again.”
"Kerala Cliff Jump" by Douige Wallace
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