Travel Tuesday - Paintings in Orchha

Orchha - A painting in Laxmi Narayan temple , a monument that hardly looks like a temple. The paintings here take your breath away. See these murals and you can see the Europeans and the local rulers having a discussion over beer or wine or whatever alcoholic beverage they are having.

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India through my eyes - Faces of Orchha

In Orchha, you meet a medley of mendicants and musicians, often in the guise of saffron clad saints. I wouldn't know too much about their saintly qualities, but their music is rather melodious

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2011 Flashback - the sun rises and sets in Orchha

There are several moments and monuments in Orchha that takes your breath away, but nothing is more gorgeous than waking up and seeing the sun rise over the Betwa River . It was probably one of the few sunrise shots that I had seen.

 I was watching the sun set from the banks of the river and it was an amazing moment to see the cenotaphs bathed with the evening light. 

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