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Picture from Fatehpur Sikri.



Approaching India
With his approach to four Indian provinces, Kristian Bertel depicts his journey in carefully selected series of photographs. The first picture is taken at the historical city Fatehpur Sikri, situated 26 miles west of Agra. Fatehpur Sikri was built in 1570 at the orders of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. The city is situated on the bank of a large natural lake, where the palaces of red sandstone are shining with its warmth. The picture of the girl with the anxious look was part of a larger group of people visiting Fatehpur Sikri.
















The Thar Desert of Rajasthan.



The Thar Desert
This large Thar Desert ecoregion lies to the west of the Aravalli Mountain Range in northwestern India and includes the deserts that cover portions of the Indian states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Punjab, as well as the Punjab and Sind in Pakistan.

The land of shifting sand dunes, broken rocks and scrub vegetation has the visitors in a state of great excitement because it is completely different from what they have been used to. Though the region is arid, there is no dearth of attractions. Three of the most attractive cities of Rajasthan, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur and Bikaner are a part of the Great Indian Desert.

The Great Indian Desert lies mostly in the Indian State of Rajasthan, and extends into the northern portion of Haryana and Punjab states and into southern Gujarat state. In Pakistan, the desert covers eastern Sindh province and the southeastern portion of Pakistan's Punjab province. The Cholistan Desert adjoins the Thar Desert spreading into Pakistani Punjab province.

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