Monday, April 6, 2015

The beautiful doors of Pitam Niwas Chowk, City Palace Jaipur

There are four doors in the Pitam Niwas courtyard at the City Palace, each of which is a work of art.

The most famous of them is the Peacock Door, dedicated to Vishnu.
Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
 Here's a closer look at the carved peacocks above the door:
Photo credit: Thomas Hart
The other doors are also beautiful: this one is called the Lotus Gate and is dedicated to Shiva and Parvati.
Photo credit: Thomas Hart
My favourite is the Green Gate, dedicated to Ganesh: it is not as ornate as the others but the colour and graded texture created by shades of green is just wow.
Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons
And here is the last one, the Rose Gate dedicated to the Goddess:
Photo credit: Flickr
Each one is a gem, don't you think?

2 comments:

  1. these beautiful doors were recently featured in the women's clothing catalogue www.anthropologie.com

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  2. here are pics of the anthropologie photo shoot > http://thepinkgrapefruitblog.blogspot.com/2015/03/anthropologie-march-2015-lookbook.html

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