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| chhatris in orchha | more chhatris | over looking the betwa river |
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| cenotaph to orchha rulers | hot cows | carving inside a tomb | chhatris from the track |
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| activity by the betwa river | first ever vulture! | ladies carrying rocks |
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| ruined tomb | squirrel resting on it's tummy.. | bustling street in orchha |
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| family of vultures nesting in a tower of one of the chhatris | trying to land on the top | braxony stared at the vultures and the vultures stared back | bird feasts on fallen honey comb |
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| selling dyes in the town square | deserted ram raja temple - overrun by slightly manic monkeys | boy selling vedge. |
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| blue bird? | shrine or tomb with trees growing out of it | one of the afore mentioned manic monkeys | colourful goods carrier |
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| palace ceiling painting of rama and huanaman | ladies eager for a picture | friendly canon |
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| restoration in the palace | j. surveys the jehangir mahal | v. good sculpted elephant | b. at the palace |
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| looking over the palace roof tops | pretty lapis lazuli inlay | palace from behind |
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| khajuraho, land of the naughty temples | goat at eastern temple | j. with dragon at eastern temples |
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| b. at southern temple | detail of some of the inticate carving | mostly slightly risque scenes involving scantily clad ladies ..... | parrot on flag on temple |
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| locals gather in one of the western temples, to much chanting and hollering | western temple complex to vishnu | b. is attacked by a ferocious gargoyle... |
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| look it is a genuine green parrot - (this took a lot of patience as they are pretty wily little things!) | cat god? | playing chicken with a lizard - how close would he let us go.... | dancing lady |
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| streaming out of the temple in a flurry of colourful sari's | another small dragon | clambering into the temple amidst much hullaballoo | other sight-seers |
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| b. and an enourmous boar incarnation of vishnu | a few hundred shots later and we get the blue bird in focus | j. looking hot | tiny green bird |
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| and here they are - the page three temple ladies | posing or dancing | or befriending gods! | - oh and ganesh doing the hula hula dance! |
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| oh and there was also a lot of this kind of thing............ |