-
-
Diwan-i-Khas,hall of Private Audience,was the most exclusive and opulent of the fort's pavilions,with marble walls and pillars inlaid with precious and semi-precious stones.
Rights-Managed
-
Facade of the City Palace in the early morning. Udaipur,Rajasthan. India
Rights-Managed
-
Facade of the City Palace in the early morning City Palace,Udaipur,Rajasthan. India
Rights-Managed
-
A wandering ascetic or sadhu,rests in the porch of a shrine on Hemakuta Hill
Rights-Managed
-
Woman Carrying Baby near Entrance of Mosque in Enclosure Complex of Taj Mahal, India
Rights-Managed
-
Jami Masjid,one time fortress capital of the Malwa sultans,and later pleasure retreat of the Mughals,Mandu's 15th-century Jami Masjid is its finest remaining building. Numerous arches and pillars support its domed prayer hall. The central niche,shown here beside a raised pulpit,is ornamented with a scroll of Koranic quotations.
Rights-Managed
-
Glancing light reveals ancient decorative skills at a small Hindu temple in the grounds of Kumbhalgarh Fort,one of the highest in Rajasthan.
Rights-Managed
-
At the Shri Meenakshi-Sundareshwarar temple,decorative ceilings and carved pillars enliven an enormous complex of shrines,bathing tanks and colonnaded courtyards
Rights-Managed
-
-
-
Massive sandstone walls enclose the huge 17th century Red Fort built as the centre of Mughal government and modelled on the royal citadel at Agra
Rights-Managed
-
Humayun's Tomb,New Delhi (but not really a New Delhi building; it actually stands alongside the medieval Muslim area called Nizamuddin).
Rights-Managed
-
Humayun's Tomb,New Delhi (but not really a New Delhi building; it actually stands alongside the medieval Muslim area called Nizamuddin).
Rights-Managed
-
-
Detail of screens from which women in purdah could look out,on old haveli (merchant's house) in the Pink City (Old city)
Rights-Managed
-
Detail of shutters on old haveli (merchant's house) in the Pink City (Old city)
Rights-Managed
-
-
-
Cloister columns of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque at the Qutab Complex next to the Qutab Minar in Delhi, India
Rights-Managed
-
-
-
Portrait of a woman in a temple, Adinath Temple, Jain Temple, Ranakpur, Pali District, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Rights-Managed
-
India,Rajasthan,Jaisalmer. A small boy looks out over the balcony of his house into the alleyway below.
Rights-Managed
-
India,Rajasthan,Pushkar. Priest's accommodation behind the Savitri Temple,the temple dedicated to Lord Brahma's first wife,Goddess Savitri.
Rights-Managed
-
-
-
View over the crowded city of Udaipur from the City Palace,Udaipur,Rajasthan
Rights-Managed
-
Hawa Mahal; or Palace of the Wind in the middle of Johari Bazaar and part of the zenana palace (women's quarters) designed by Lalchand Usta in 1799. Jaipur; Rajasthan; India.
Rights-Managed
-
Hawa Mahal; or Palace of the Wind in the middle of Johari Bazaar and part of the zenana palace (women's quarters) designed by Lalchand Usta in 1799. Jaipur; Rajasthan; India.
Rights-Managed
-
Hawa Mahal; or Palace of the Wind in the middle of Johari Bazaar and part of the zenana palace (women's quarters) designed by Lalchand Usta in 1799. Jaipur; Rajasthan; India.
Rights-Managed
-
Hawa Mahal; or Palace of the Wind in the middle of Johari Bazaar and part of the zenana palace (women's quarters) designed by Lalchand Usta in 1799. Jaipur; Rajasthan; India.
Rights-Managed
-
Hawa Mahal; or Palace of the Wind in the middle of Johari Bazaar and part of the zenana palace (women's quarters) designed by Lalchand Usta in 1799. Jaipur; Rajasthan; India.
Rights-Managed
-
Hawa Mahal; or the Palace of the Wind in the middle of Johari Bazaar and part of the zenana palace (women's quarters) designed by Lalchand Usta in 1799. Jaipur; Rajasthan; India.
Rights-Managed
-
Hawa Mahal; or the Palace of the Wind in the middle of Johari Bazaar and part of the zenana palace (women's quarters) designed by Lalchand Usta in 1799. Jaipur; Rajasthan; India.
Rights-Managed
-
-
Anup Talao also called the The Peerless Pool or Kapur Talao. Fatehpur Sikri,Uttar Pradesh,Agra District. India
Rights-Managed
-
-
-
View of Taj Mahal Mausoleum from across the Chameli Farsh (Terrace),Agra. India
Rights-Managed
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Looking towards Taj Mahal across the Al-Kawthar,the Celestial Pool of Ambundance,
Rights-Managed
-
Looking towards Taj Mahal across the Al-Kawthar,the Celestial Pool of Ambundance,
Rights-Managed
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Palace of the Wind at sunrise,Hawa Mahal was built in 1799 is an example of Rajput artistry with its pink delicately honeycombed sandstone windows of which there are 953
Rights-Managed
-
One-time fortress capital of the Malwa sultans,and later pleasure retreat of the Moghuls,Mandu abounds in substantial part-ruined buildings. The 15th-century Jami Masjid is the finest remaining construction.
Rights-Managed
-
One-time fortress capital of the Malwa sultans,and later pleasure retreat of the Moghuls,Mandu abounds in substantial part-ruined buildings. The 15th-century Jami Masjid is the finest remaining construction.
Rights-Managed
-
Four elaborate toranas,or gateways,guard the Great Stupa,India's finest surviving Buddhist monument begun by the Emperor Ashoka in the third century BC. Here,the southern torana marks the principle entrance.
Rights-Managed
-
A Silk pilgrim pauses before his faith's holiest shrine,the 16th Century Golden Temple.
Rights-Managed
-
A Sikh pilgrim pauses for reflection by Amrit Sarovar,the Pool of Immortality-Giving Nectar,and the Golden Temple.
Rights-Managed
-
Built in the 1799 for the royal court's women,the Hawa Mahal,or Palace of Winds,is the most celebrated of the city's buildings.
Rights-Managed
-
Built in 1799 for the royal court's women,the Hawa Mahal,or Palace of Winds,is little more than an elaborate facade though it remains among the most celebrated of the city's buildings.
Rights-Managed
-
Exuberant and colourful sculpture decorates the massive main gopura,or gateway,of the celebrated Ranganathaswamy Temple,in Srirangam,near Tiruchirapalli
Rights-Managed
-
Exuberant and colourful sculpture decorates the gopura,or gateway,of an inner courtyard of the celebrated Ranganathaswamy Temple,in Srirangam,near Tiruchirapalli
Rights-Managed
-
Exuberant and colourful sculpture decorates the main gopura or gateway of the enormous Shri Meenakshi-Sundareshwarar temple
Rights-Managed
-
-
-
-
Rambagh Palace Hotel,Jaipur,previously the home of the Maharajah of Jaipur.
Rights-Managed
-
-
Detail of decorative pillar in Temple of the Tooth (Sri Dalada Maligawa), Kandy, Sri Lanka
Rights-Managed
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Side profile of a young woman sitting on the floor of a mausoleum, Taj Mahal, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Premium Royalty-Free
-
Low angle view of a young woman throwing rose petal from a window Agra Fort, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Premium Royalty-Free
