Photo gallery: streetlife in the blue city of Jodhpur
The bright blue walls of Jodhpur are a striking, improbable contrast to the umber sands of the Thar Desert. Capital of the ancient kingdom of Marwar and the second-largest city in Rajasthan, the ‘Blue City’ has a fascinating heritage.
Published 29 Aug 2019, 17:45 BST
A caretaker of Mehrangarh Fort.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Old Town doorway.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
View from the top of Mehrangarh Fort.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Street scene.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Street scene.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Street scene.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Women during a ceremony on the northern side of the Blue City.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Children playing just below the walls of Mehrangar Fort at sunset.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Jaswant Thada mausoleum.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Sardar Market in the Old Town.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Man at Sardar Market selling flowers to lay as offerings at altar to Ganesh.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Sardar market, Jodhpur’s old town.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Bust of the Hindu goddess Devi decorating a bicycle.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Jodhpur.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Jodhpur.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Jodhpur.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Jodhpur.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Jodhpur.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Jodhpur.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Jodhpur.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Jodhpur.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Jodhpur.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Jodhpur.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Jodhpur.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Jodhpur.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Jodhpur.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Jodhpur.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Jodhpur.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci
Jodhpur.
Photograph by Francesco Lastrucci