Image 1: India Gate, Delhi ;Image 2: The Raj Ghat, the memorial dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in Delhi ;Image 3: The Qutb Minara sandstone minaret built in 1200 stands at 73m high and is in the Qutb complex in Delhi The Alai Minar stands incomplete nearby. It was due to be 140m high but construction was halted in 1316AD after only 24m as Sultan Ala-ud-din Khalji who commissioned it died - after feeling "unwell".;Image 4: The Qutb complex ;Image 5: A portico in the Qutb complex ;Image 6: A portico in the Qutb complex ;Image 7: The entrance complex to the Taj Mahal gardens ;Image 8: The entrance complex to the Taj Mahal gardens - detail ;Image 9: Taj Mahal, Agra ;Image 10: Taj Mahal ;Image 11: Taj Mahal - detail ;Image 12: Black Kite & the main dome of the Taj Mahal The rings in the dome were added in during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war so the Taj Mahal could be draped in camouflage netting to prevent the dome being used as a landmark during bombing raids.;Image 13: Taj Mahal - detail ;Image 14: Taj Mahal - detail ;Image 15: A green parrot Loads of these birds were flying around the Taj Mahal gardens (and everywhere else where we went);Image 16: Taj Mahal Photographs can't do this building justice. Even with the hoards of people, I reckon this is the most beautiful building I've ever seen…;Image 17: The domes of one of the side buildings in the Taj Mahal gardens ;Image 18: Stonework over the portico to one of the side buildings in the Taj Mahal gardens ;Image 19: Taj Mahal - highlighted by the setting sun ;Image 20: The other side of the Taj Mahal overlooking the Yamuna River Doesn't smog make for a lovely sunset?;Image 21: Sunrise over the Yamuna River from the Agra Fort ;Image 22: The Taj Mahal in the morning mist over the Yamuna River from the Agra Fort ;Image 23: Agra Fort ;Image 24: Stonework in Fatehpur Sikri The Fatehpur Sikri is a Mughal city founded in 1569, and abandoned 16 years later;Image 25: The King's chamber in Fatehpur Sikri ;Image 26: The Elephant Tower, Fatehpur Sikri ;Image 27: Stonework in Fatehpur Sikri ;Image 28: Entrance to the Jamma Mosque, Fatehpur Sikri ;Image 29: A Sloth bear in Ranthambore National Park We went looking for tigers in Ranthambore but didn't see any. This Sloth bear partly made up for it…;Image 30: Black faced monkey ;Image 31: Black faced monkey youngster ;Image 32: White-throated kingfisher ;Image 33: Hawa Mahal, Jaipur ;Image 34: The morning mist over the gardens in the lake in the Amber Fort, Jaipur ;Image 35: Mirrored ceiling, Amber Fort, Jaipur ;Image 36: A Courtyard, Amber Fort, Jaipur ;Image 37: Amber Fort, Jaipur ;Image 38: Gangalis, silver water urn, the largest single (non-soldered) object made from sterling silver in the world It is one of two and weighs 345kg and holds 4,000L It was used by Maharaj Madho Singh on this visit to London in 1902 for the coronation of Edward VII. The urns were filled with water from the Ganges which the Maharaj used for drinking and washing during his trip. (He didn't leave the urns behind in England...);Image 39: The Peacock door, City Palace, Jaipur The Maharajas were not noted for their decorative restraint…;Image 40: Solar calendar, Jantar Mantar, Jaipur The Jantar Mantar is a collection of astronomical instruments used to tell the time and date.;Image 41: Solar calendar, Jantar Mantar, Jaipur It was very important to know the astrological date, hence these astronomical instruments were constructed in 1734;Image 42: The world's largest sundial in Jantar Mantar, Jaipur The tower to the left in the gnomon. The sundial is accurate to 2 seconds.;Image 43: Gold diorama depicting the life stages of Lord Rishabhdev in the Nasiyan Temple, a Jain temple in Ajmer, made in 1865 ;Image 44: The five live stages are Conception, Birth, Renunciation, Omniscience and Salvation (Nirvana) Fascinating - but I admit to losing the thread when the celestial white elephant was introduced in the narrative;Image 45: The Jaswant Thada, a cenotaph built in in 1899 for Maharaja Jaswant Singh ;Image 46: Jaswant Thada ;Image 47: Great White Pelicans on the lake by the Jaswant Thada ;Image 48: Mehrangarh Fort entrance, Jodhpur ;Image 49: Jodhpur, the Blue City, from Mehrangarh Fort ;Image 50: Stonework in Mehrangarh Fort ;Image 51: Swift nests in Mehrangarh Fort After so many man-made structures it was nice to see something "natural" (I didn't notice the balloon until I saw the picture);Image 52: A building in Jaisalmer Note that the left and right sides of the building are mirrored, but slightly different - the result of a (friendly) architectural fraternal rivalry. The lemon and chillies are meant as a ward for the evil eye;Image 53: A Little Green Bee Eater And no, we didn't see this in India, but in Oman where we stayed a couple of nights before going to India. Included here because I like bee eaters, and a holiday isn't complete without seeing one;Image 54: The fjords in northern Oman Note that the fjords are of the non-glacial variety and therefore are not true fjords!