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Aug 26

Jaipur

Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2010 in India

The beautiful capital of Rajasthan was beautiful once upon a time. It was founded in 1727 and 200 years later the deterioration must have began. Though it is called the PINK CITY, it is really orange, or tera cotta to be exact . The old part is surrpounded by a wall and mostly Muslim. It has a palace and many lovely, ornamental buildings. I found these 2 huge old doors which had a small door in the door, just a window really.  If you want this sort of old Indian door made for your house now, you can simply order one. Check out this site:  

http://www.artofrajasthan.com/doors.htm  Beautiful wood carvings. Perhaps a bit airy for our Western climate, but can work like a room divider too.

Strong enough to keep out an elephant!

Must be 5 meters tall