Gadisar Lake, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan.

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You have such beautiful buildings & places to paint from. This must surely be one of your best, managing to look detailed but very simply worked & that's not a critiscm. You should surely be illustrating books or documents

Posted by Karen D on Mon 09 Jan 17:17:40

Yes Karen, I am lucky to have lovely monuments all around me or when I go on holiday. At the age of 83 I am not looking for illustration work: just enjoying painting. Thanks for your appreciative words.

Posted by Ravi Batra on Tue 10 Jan 06:03:23

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17/03/2017

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Built around 1400 AD by the then Maharaja to conserve water in the desert state. The stone 'chhatris' or canopies are a feature of the area. A 'chhatri' exists in Brighton UK to commemorate the site where a number of Indian soldiers, who died in WW I, were cremated.

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Ravi Batra

I am a self-taught amateur artist and live with my wife Anita,in New Delhi,India.I spent 35 busy years in the oil industry and in 1996,at the age of 63, took up watercolour painting. I was greatly encouraged when,"The Artist",in its May 2002 issue,featured a painting of mine in its column "How I…

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