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Photos That Take You To The Heart Of Jodhpur, India's Blue City
By Erin Kelly on August 29, 2016
baxiabhishek/FlickrMehrangarh Fort is one of the oldest forts in
India. It was built around 1460, and looms over 400 feet above the
city of Jodhpur.
Located in the Thar Desert, the dynamic city of Jodhpur, India breaks
the starkness of its surroundings with intense punches of color. The
metropolis is cloaked in blue not just for aesthetic purposes; the hue
historically demarcated the residence of the Brahmin, a caste of
priests and protectors, and thus was meant to deter looters should the
city ever come under siege.

REBECCA CONWAY/AFP/Getty ImagesA royal bedroom inside the massive and
intricately designed Mehrangarh Fort, where part of The Dark Knight
Rises was filmed.
tomm/FlickrAn alleyway between closely set blue buildings.

garrettziegler/Flickr Monkeys roam the streets, sometimes stealing the
hanging laundry.
magtravels/Flickr An automatic rickshaw — or tuk-tuk — used for city travel.

Others outside the Brahmin apparently enjoyed the blue aesthetic,
because almost all homes in the old city have the shade splashed onto
their walls. Behind and before the city's azure walls, Jodhpur
residents live life in full color – and at full speed. Marketplaces
abound in the city, and someone is always ready to sell you
hand-crafted goods. Lonely Planet describes the Blue City as "a tangle
of winding, glittering, medieval streets, which never seem to lead
where you expect them to, scented by incense, roses and sewers, with
shops and bazaars selling everything from trumpets and temple
decorations to snuff and saris." If you can't make it out to
experience the Blue City for yourself, the photos above will give you
a taste of its unmatched vibrance.


A. Vahanvati/Wikimedia CommonsAn old woman sits in her doorway.

Premaram67/Wikimedia Commons A folk singer practices with Mehrangarh
Fort in the background.

A. Vahanvati/Wikimedia CommonsA view of Mehrangarh Fort from a
restaurant rooftop. The blue tint the city emanates at night is
thought to be bright enough to repel bugs.
REBECCA CONWAY/AFP/Getty ImagesIndian neighbors Sharda (L), 45, Sopa
(C), 52, and Kosholi, 50, talk on steps outside their homes in
Jodhpur.
Video:
Jodhpur The Blue City 4K


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