11.2.2019 - Welcome to Udaipur, Rajasthan state
Boat ride in Lake Pichola India
Jagmandir Island Palace
12.2.2019 - Old part of Udaipur
Sas Bahu Temples, Nagda
Udaipur at night
13.2.2019 - Stephanie with our driver-guide Pintu, feeding cows (an old Hindu tradition)
On the road to Ranakpur
Local Hindu temple
Ranakpur Jain Temple
On the way to Narlai
Rawla Narlai Luxury Heritage Hotel
14.2.2019 - Village safari
Visit to a farm
The Cobra Temple
Checking out of the hotel
On the way to Johdpur
Om Bana Motorcycle Temple (the motorcycle is the deity people worship...see on BBC)
Johdpur Sardar Market
Agit Bhawan Hotel
15.2.2019 - Salawas Bishnoi Village
Bishnoi traditional house (Dhani). Walls & floor plastered with buffalo & cow dung cakes
Our hostess preparing the cow dung mixture for plastering the floor (no hand-washing...)
Demonstration of traditional Bishnoi real opium offering to guests
Bishnoi demonstration of wrapping a turban (our guide Ayoub Khan, our host and me)
Walking around the village
Umaid Bhawan Palace. The palace has 347 rooms and is the principal residence of the former Jodhpur royal family
Mehrangarh Fort
16.2.2019 - On the way to Pushkar
Pushkar
Lake Pushkar
Puja ceremony performed to us by a Brahmin on Lake Pushkar
17.2.2019 - Jaipur
A very colourfull tea (and selfie) seller
Jantar mantar, Jaipur (Astronomical instruments built in 1734)
City Palace, Jaipur
Hare Krishna Temple
Hawa Mahal Palace
Jaipur at night
18.2.2019 - Hawa Mahal in the Morning
Cobra snake charmers
Pana Meena ka Kund stepwell
Amber Fort
Textile -carpet factory shop
Block printing on fabric
Old tradition spinning machine
Galta Ji Temple
Ganesha Temple
19.2.2019 - Chand Baori stepwell, Abhaneri Village
Harshat Mata Temple
Agra, Uttar Pradesh state
The Taj Mahal
20.2.2019 - Agra to Delhi Airport
Flying from Delhi AP to Prayagraj (previously called Allahabad) AP for the Kumbh Mela Hindu celebration
Arriving at the Kumbh Mela Sunset Desert Camp
21.2.2019 - Morning tour of the Kumbh Mela site
Our camp
General view of the Kumbh Mela site (240 MILLION pilgrims in 40 days)
Naga sadhus
On the bank of the Ganges River
Afternoon tour
Teaching illiterate pilgrims basic hygienics
Triveni Sangam is the confluence of the Ganges (Ganga), the Yamuna, and the legendary Saraswati River. The holiest place for Hindus
22.2.2019 - Prayagraj to Varanasi
The Kumbh Mela site
Welcome to Varanasi
Arriving to our hotel via the Ganges River on a boat
Burning bodies 24/7
BrijRama Hotel Palace (Was a Palace in the 19th century)
Evening stroll on the bank of the Ganges
Evening cruise & Ganga Aarti (ceremony)
23.2.2019 - Morning boat ride
People washing themselves in the Ganges
A walk near the hotel
Sarnath - Budha preaching site
Walking tour
Evening boat ride
Burning bodies 24/7
2nd Ganga Aarti
24.2.2019 - Delhi
New Delhi
National Mahatma Gandhi Museum
Government of India offices
India Gate
The Rajghat Memorial (Gandhi's cremation & memorial site)
Old Delhi
Jama Masjid (Central mosque in Delhi)
The Red Fort
Old Delhi markets
25.2.2019 - Approaching Dehradun AP
Sheesh Mahal Mandir Temple (Mirror Palace), Haridwar
Haridwar
Funeral pyre site, Haridwar
Kanwariyas, devotees of Lord Shiva - Carry the Ganges sacred water to their homes
Ganga Aarti
26.2.2019 - Kunja Puri Temple, lower Himalayas
The snow caps in the distance of the Himalayas
Having tea with our guide Mukesh
Travelling down to Rishikesh
Qutub Minar, Delhi
