Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - the desert fortress of Jaisalmer, Thar Desert

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - the fort was built in 1156 by Rawal Jaisal

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - adobe houses in the old town

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - the fortress of Jaisalmer lies in the Thar Desert

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - decorated windows in a Jain temple

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - temples at the Gadi Sagar Tank

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - proud Rajasthani men wearing a turband

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - in the old fort town

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - view from the fortress walls

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - merry kids in a Thar Desert village

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - man and child in a Thar Desert village

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - elephant sculpture at a new temple

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - the desert fortress of Jaisalmer

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - the desert fortress

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - adobe hut in a Thar desert village

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - women in traditional Rajasthani dress fetching water in a Thar desert village

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - kids in a Thar desert village

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - shrine in the desert

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - people hopping on a local bus

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - statue in a Jain temple

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - dung drying on a roof

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - temples at the Gadi Sagar Tank

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - even the Rajasthan camels are proud

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - the fort rises above the newer town

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - camel drivers on a Thar Desert camel trek

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - the desert starts on the edge of town

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - adobe houses within the fort

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - desert beauties, traditional Rajasthani women

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - a Jain temple under construction on the edge of town

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - kids in a Thar Desert village

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - Jain temple inside the fort area

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - the town at sunset

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - pillars in the Jain temple

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - Thar Desert village people

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - narrow street in the old town

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - the local recycling team

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - the famous 'Rat Temple', or Karni Mata Temple at Deshnok, near Bikaner

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - Bikaner- Deshnok - at the Karni Mata, rat temple, holy rats drinking milk

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - Bikaner- Deshnok - at the Karni Mata, rat temple

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - Bikaner- Deshnok - at the Karni Mata, rat temple

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - Bikaner- Deshnok - the Karni Mata, rat temple

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - Bikaner- Deshnok - worship at the Karni Mata, rat temple

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - Bikaner - the Bikaner Fort Museum

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - Bikaner - at the Bikaner Fort Palace Museum

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - vultures, crows and a dog devouring what's left of a cow

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - statue at the Jain temple

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - kids crowding the entrance of a hut, Thar Desert

Pictures of India - Rajasthan - Jaisalmer - overlooking Jaisalmer from the fort