Look, ma, a bird! And a tiger!

A recently (re)painted wall in Mandawa in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan - the priginal art is more than a century and half old and has survived in many of the mansions on the walls and ceilings, bravely facing the assault of the harsh desert weather conditions, and worse the callous indifference of the owners and later, occupants of these maginificent mansions called havelis...

Compare the "art" depicted in this pic with the ones in the earlier photograph posted here - to understand and appreciate the asotunding skill of the original artists...

This funny panel shows the Wright brothers on their first flight, with the caption "the flyign machine" in Hindi. The image on the left is that of some prince or king on his usual tiger hunt - no captions felt to be required here obviously!

View my other photos from Shekhawati here

My travelog on haveli hoppping in Shekhawati here