India as you may know is a huge country like Canada. Just like we have provinces India has many different states (about 28). Before the 28 states of India became one country, each area had it's own King! The King was called the Mahārāja and he and his family ruled over the people living in the area. The various Mahārāja's all lived in castles and built forts to protect their Kingdoms! Imagine a whole country FULL of old castles! Well, Marvy and I saw tons of really amazing things! This first picture is in Jaisalmer, doesn't it look like a sandcastle? The very cool thing about this fort is that people still live inside it! The streets and alleyways inside the main wall are full of little shops and small homes!
In Jodhpur, the Mehrangarh Fort was simply overwhelming! When I was up close to it, it was so big I couldn't even get Marvy in the picture! You can see us way down in the town square with the fort above us on the hill. they sometimes call Jodhpur the "blue city" because from the fort you can see all the houses in the old part of town are painted blue! The blue dye used helps keep the Mosquitos away!
in Udaipur the castles were overwhelming! The most famous one is in the middle of a lake and is now a very expensive hotel. All along the Banks of the river are other Palaces.
In Jaipur we visited the The amber fort. It was gigantic way up on a hill wi other forts behind it! This city also had a palace and other amazing buildings!
This fort even had a secret tunnel in it that connects it to the other forts nearby!
The Castle we saw in Mysore in southern India was by far my favorite. It had a huge room that was all open on one side to the outside!
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