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India_880S9048_Family packed into a rickshaw in Jaipur_


India_880S9050_Fruit stand on the streets of Jaipur_


India_880S9051_A large flower made of petals for the Gangaur Festival_


India_880S9059_Man in a horse costume at the festival_


India_880S9060_The Gangaur Festival celebrates the love between Shiva and Parvati_


India_880S9082_Women dancing and twirling in their brightly colored costumes_


India_880S9097_Women dancing in the Gangaur festival_


India_880S9107_Men playing instruments during the Gangaur festival_


India_880S9116_Next, elephants came in through the Tripolia Gate_


India_880S9121_They were finely decorated with paints and tapestries_


India_880S9129_The first 2 elephants to come through the procession_


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India_880S9147_Next came a double ox driven cart with this driver_


India_880S9150_Soon after, a group of 40 elephants came in_


India_880S9164_It seemed like the stream of elephants coming in would never end_


India_880S9166_Another colorful elephant_


India_880S9171_Part of the elephant parade_


India_880S9175_In our tourist box, women sprinkle flower petals over the tourism minister_


India_880S9178_4 camels followed the procession of elephants_


India_880S9179_The thick crowd around the street - glad we didn't have to watch from there!_


India_880S9183_A man reprimands the stilts walker as he is going the wrong way_


India_880S9184_Part of the Gangaur festival parade_


India_880S9189_The Parvati image, brought out on a wooden bed_


India_880S9196_After the festival was over, the crowd dispersed in all directions_


India_880S9205_The Hawa Mahal, or Palace of the Winds, the most famous sight in Jaipur_


India_880S9213_Our local lunch, with fresh cooked Indian food - one of the best we have had!_


India_880S9223_The New Gate, one of the many gates into the Old City_


India_880S9225_Sweets counter in Jaipur - we will certainly miss Indian sweets!_


India_880S9228_1_Flower bazaar in Jaipur, selling amazing smelling flower boquets_


India_880S9233_The Hawa Mahal from the inside_


India_880S9236_1_We finally saw a snake charmer with a cobra at the City Palace!_


India_880S9237_At first the snakes looked almost fake_


India_880S9244_Here is the snake charmer with both cobras_


India_880S9248_The largest single piece of silver in the world_


India_880S9249_The maharaja had this filled with water from the Ganges river to England_


India_880S9253_Interior of the City Palace, the Maharaja family still lives here_



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