Rajasthan-tourist places, arts,traditions

Rajasthan-tourist places, arts,traditions

Rajasthan is famous for its traditions, culture, art , forts and mahals. Really this place is full of amzing and beautiful monuments. Languages spoken in Rajasthan are rajasthani and hindi.
some of the famous festivals of Rajasthan are teej, gangaur festival,bikaner festival and marwar festival and ghoomar, kalbeliya , bhopa are folk dances

Its state animal is chinkara, state bird is Great indian bustard which is on the verge of extinction , rohira is a state flower and khejri is state tree

Jaipur is the capital of rajasthan. Its famous tourist attraction are mount abu-hills station , jaipur palace, hawa mahal, jaisalmer fort, pushkar city and ranthambore.
Sariska tiger reserve,ghana NP, ranthambore NP are some of the wildlife santuaries in Rajasthan
luni,chambal, banas,sindh are some of the rivers in rajasthan

Umaid bhavan palace
Umaid bhavan palace is one of the world's largest private residences. this palace has been named after maharaja Umaid singh, the grandfather of the present owner of the palace. The palace has 347 rooms and is the principal residence to the royal family of jodhpur . Due its location on the chittar hill , the highest point in jodhpur ,the  is also referred to as chittar palace.

LALGARH PALACE OF BIKANER

This palace was constructed by maharaja ganga singhji in 1902 and reflects a wonderful blend of Rajput,Mughal and European architecture. The regal red sandstone building,with its elaborate balconies and refined lattice work, exudes beauty

Now it is heritage hotel

CITY PA    CITY  PALACE, UDAIPUR

         The city palace in Udaipur showcases a fusion of Mughal and rajasthani architectural styles.The palace was built when Maharana Udai Singh II established the city of Udaipur in 1559. This palace is considered to be the largest royal complex in rajasthan 

this palace is on the lake pichola

Dilwara temple in mount abu

Marb

Marb

       

                  Marble inlay work

              

inlay  inlay work, is one of the most attractive works of art created using marble,is a traditional art form that was brought to india by mughals.To create this a predefined  like a floral design or a geometrical design is engraved on a Marble slab. The delicate process involves cutting and engraving  Marble shapes manually. Small pieces  of stone of different shades are then precisely cut to fit into the grooves.when the inlay work is completed,it is dried and the surface edges are polished. inlay work began in florence, Italy, around the end of the 16^th  centuary.At that time this art    form  was known as pietra dura (‘pietra’ meaning ‘stone’ and ‘dura’  meaning ‘hard’)

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  BLUE POTTERY

    The use of  Blue glaze on was first developed by Mongolian artisans who combined chinese glazing technology with Persian decorative arts. the  muslims rulers of the 14^th centuary brought this technique to india. In ancient times, this art  form was used to make tiles to decorate mosques,tombs and palace in central asia. Later the mughals started using it in india. Gradually, the technique was mastered by Kashmiri potters with whom it travelled to the plains of delhi and in 17^th centuary to Jaipur

jaipur's elephant festival has a tug of war between humans and elephant.

bikaner has a karni mata temple in which rats are worshipped.

MINIATURE PAINTING

Miniature paintings from rajasthan are mix of mughal and indigennous indian styles. The indian style dates back to the Jain manuscrips of western India which are now preseved in temples of Rajasthan and Gujrat. These manuscripts are inscriped  on palm laeves and are illustrated with style stylised miniatures. In thse miniatures,human forms arenot proportionate as the figures were squeesed in to the fit,long , narrow format of the leaves . with the advent of paper in 12^th century,thanks to Arab traders, the miniatures were freed from the awkward size of the leaves.

                            Tie and die

                                      Different types of  tie and dye techniques have been practiced in India, Japan and Africa for centuaries. It is believed that the art flourished in china during the T’ang dynasty and in Japan during the nara period. The term ‘bandhani’ is derived from word ‘bandhan’ that means ‘tied up’. Bandhani work in india was started by muslim khatri community of kutch. The earliest reference to Bandhani sarees is seen in banabhatta’s ‘harshacharita’,the biography of emperor harsha by banabhatta-sanskrit writer of 7^th centuary.Rajasthan is also known for its lehariya pattern, which symbolizes waves of water. Traditionally only 2 colours are used in rajasthani lehariya that form an alternate pattern of stripes.