Sadar Market, Jodhpur

I'm staying near the main Sadar Market here in Jodhpur and it's a very vibrant place, not least the women who all wear outfits of the brightest and most fantastic colours. I'm here in town for one more night and then off to the desert town of Jaisalmer near the border with Pakistan, staying there for three nights and then an epic twenty hour train journey back to Delhi for a couple of nights before I return to the U.K

Jodhpur

I'm now in the city of Jodhpur further west into Rajasthan and so for it's been my favourite place visited. The city seems quite a prosperous place with a very laid back atmosphere and the people I've met here have been the most friendly and hospitable I've come across.
Like many cities in Rajasthan Jodhpur has it's skyline dominated by a historic fort which is very impressive, the shot above was taken from the nearby Jaswant Thada which is a memorial to the Maharaja Jaswant Singh.
Whilst out shooting one morning I discovered that the band I came across in Pushkar is not that uncommon in India as I ran into another one here in Jodphur announcing the procession of the Jain priest through the streets from his home to the Jain temple, I ended up sort of becoming their unofficial photographer and once we reached the temple I was invited inside to join them which was lovely




Whilst walking down from the fort this afternoon I found a rooftop cafe and stopped for a cup of tea, I came across this poster on the wall...

The Sunder Brass Band

Pushkar is generally quite a sleepy place but at some point each day this brass band would appear and do a tour round the main streets.
Quite unlike any other brass band these guys cart around a huge tanoy system powered by two diesel generators and play their instruments accompanied by some insane up tempo organ music all at a deafening volume. I'm not quite sure what the occasion was but everybody was loving it.