orchha is well worth a visit. beautiful palaces, interesting city and hardly any tourists. stay in jhansi and travel to orchha.
the stepwell is still in use………… not for its original purpose of drawing water to drink or wash……….. its too filthy. it still provides water for the surrounding fields.
this is a small village that is next to the hanuman temple. to the left of the woman a cricket game is going on with the number 2 priest ( the son of the main priest) fielding at deep mid wicket.
located in the raj mahal or kings palace, orchha
typical rural india building site…. near orchha
beautiful 17 century palace in the hardly visited town of datia about40 kms north of orchha
cow dung is a precious commodity in rural india.
you will often see women making fuel blocks out of it to cook food and keep people warm.
i was told in rural rajasthan on asking why womes teeth were so sparling white that they used the ashes from fires fueled by cow dung to clean them.