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thar water point

Photo at : Thar Desert, Nagar parker, sindh, Pakistan.

Due to shortage of water in thar desert, the peoples of this desert walk about 2-4 km for water from their homes, there no any other option to get water expect well.

Uploaded on Jul 19, 2008

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Jain temple

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Photo at : Thar Desert, Nagar parker, sindh, Pakistan.
This temple is so called due to its presence just behind the main bazaar - the only one in Nagar. This temple, like the one at Gorhi, and must have once been a centre of activity as its fine architecture tells you. It probably belongs to Jain as the figures on it are quite similar to other Jain temples in Thar. No date of construction could be ascertained but it is at least 500 years old. I can tell that by the figures, the style of construction and by the paintings done on the walls.

The courtyard, save one odd pillar, has completely vanished. The outer walls still retain some of its charisma. The main hall where once the statue of a god must have stood is now long gone, either stolen or broken by some fanatic. The entrance still have few smaller statuettes but most of them are desecrated and chipped at. The inside of the room, no better than the outside, at least retains the original paints used for the colouration of the walls with exotic local fauna and flora.
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Uploaded on Jul 15, 2008

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Hope

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The farmer is preparing his area for farming, they do farming once a year on the rain.

Photo at : Thar Desert, Nagar parker, sindh, Pakistan.

Uploaded on Jul 14, 2008

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Waiting of rain

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July, the rainy season is coming in the desert of thar where the dry land is waiting for drops of water, the peoples of this desert do farming in this season, they have ready their area for farming and just waiting for the rain.
In thar desert the farming is only done by the water from rain once in a year.

Photo at : Thar Desert, Nagar parker, sindh, Pakistan.

Uploaded on Jul 14, 2008

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Uploaded on Jun 26, 2008

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