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Archive for May, 2011
The Snake Charmer and Flute Seller
Regardless of melody produced by the snake charmer’s pungi or the flute seller’s flute, the serpent that emerges from the dark creaves if its basket is not able to hear. Hence, snake charming is a practice of pretending to hypnotise a snake by playing an instrument and an art handed down by lineage of understanding the snakes natural attributes to create a performance.
Hawa Mahal – Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh’s ‘Purdah’
Globally recognized as a poignant landmark, the Hawa Mahal’s architectural idiosyncrasies creates a shroud of doubt and speculation as to the real intend behind its construction and design; a need basis summer palace that counters the harsh environs and weather of Rajasthan? or Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh’s answer to the ‘purdah’ for the women in the royal harem?
City Palace: Guards, Peacock Gate & British Prince
The Rajput kings were known for their modern and Western outlook; maintaining close bilateral relations with the British. While a visit to the City Palace recounts their history and explains the makeover of Jaipur to a “Pink City” during the visit of the Prince of Wales, Maharaja Ram Singh’s support for the Imperial rulers in the Sepoy Mutiny and his favorite past time of hunting and polo, it is the palace guards with curled mustache against the intricate Peacock Gate that gets the most attention.