Finally here is the second post about my trip to India. First is a picture of a gate in front of one of the government buildings in New Delhi.

Next is a sunset I captured while on the way to Jaipur from Delhi.

This is the resort we stayed at in Jaipur. It is made to be just like a traditional Rajesthani village. It is called Chouki Dhani. I highly recommend staying at it if you are in Jaipur. The atmosphere peaceful and there are plenty of fun things to do around the resort.

This is the Wind Palace in Jaipur. Jaipur is known as the “Pink City” because the whole city was painted pink to honor the Prince of Wales on his visit to Jaipur.

This is a facade with beautiful inlay work in the Jaipur fort. In Jaipur, people were required to (and still are required to in the ancient part of the city) to paint all their buildings pink. Yellow was considered a royal color. Thus, all palaces, royal forts, etc. were painted yellow.

This is the water palace in Jaipur. It was the summer residence for the king of Jaipur. I think it is now being converted into a luxury hotel.

Below is a huge sundial type thing that helps predict the appearance of constellations and such. It is part of a collection of celestial instruments called Jantar Mantar that includes the world’s largest sundial.

The Taj Mahal, a deifinite must for all visitors to northern India:

The Taj Mahal from the fort Shah Jahan was imprisoned in by his son. Shah Jahan was actually planning on building a black Taj Mahal across the river from the white one, but never had the chance since his son imprisoned him until he died.

Finally, below is the Bahá’í Faith Lotus Temple in Delhi. It was constructed in the 80s almost entirely of concrete. The building uses ventilation and pools around the structure to keep the temperatures quite low in comparison to outside.

If you haven’t seen all my photos, here is a link to the flickr set and a slideshow below.