Black winged Stilt seen near the lake at Jaipur



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Blog: Ghost towns, forts and palaces in Rajasthan
Date: April 10th 2008

Ghost Town - whoooooo!

On the drive to Jaipur, capital of Rajasthan and the biggest state in India, we stopped off at the deserted Mogul city of Fatehpur Sikri - or Ghost Town. It was built over a period of 12 years but despite an artificial lake being made the water ran dry after only 3 years habitation and the fort place became a ghost town! The emperor, king, maharaja (can't rem ... read more







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