Kaas plateau, Satara Dt., Maharashtra
Diwali eve at Jaipur
Havelock Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Aerial view of the Golden Temple, Amritsar
Folk artists at Pushkar Camel Fair 2011, Rajasthan
In the picture is a Silver Urn found at Diwan-I-Khas, City Palace, Jaipur.
Diwan-I-Khas was a private audience hall of the Maharajas, a marble floored chamber. There are two huge sterling silver vessels of 1.6 metres (5.2 ft) height and each with capacity of 4000 lts and weighing 340 kilograms (750 lb), on display here. They were made from 14000 melted silver coins without soldering.
They are officially recorded by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest sterling silver vessels. These vessels were specially made by Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh II, who was a highly pious Hindu, to carry the Ganga river water to drink on his trip to England in 1901. Hence, the vessels are named as Gangajelies (Ganga water holding urns).
Matheran hill station, Raigad district, Maharashtra
Nava Bhavanas (Nava Rasas) - in Bharathanatyam
Sunset view of a small Hanuman temple at Hampi
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