Old City Heritage Walk
The morning before Holi the group was very excited for the Old City Heritage Walk which was a new element in this semester's program. Digging deeper into the city, Jaipur has a lot to offer besides the usual forts and palaces. Vineet Sharma, a banker with a passion for Jaipur's History, Arts, Crafts, and Architecture, was our guide for the walk.
We head to explore the Old City in the early morning, one of the few times you will find its streets empty
Here Vineet explains the architecture and planning of the buildings and roads
We stop in the house of a metal crafts man, busy with his work. These artisans create both utility products and artifacts, much of which is exported to the West.
The story continues outside of an old haveli (mansion)
Jain cosmology is depicted on one of the walls of the Jain temple
We meet fellow inhabitants in the narrow lanes of the old city
Stopping for a chai (tea) break in one of the smallest but best chai stalls in Jaipur
In the midst of the narrow lanes comes these surprises - an historic and ornately decorated haveli gate
The student's expression at the end of the walk
- Shivani and Kai
Comments
Love that student's expression at the end of the walk :)
Ann
Posted by: Ann Rappoport | March 12, 2010 6:27 AM
How cool! Wish I could be there :P
Posted by: Gabrielle St. Pierre | March 12, 2010 1:07 AM