?Village lady who looks after the temple, invites us to have a look on the inside.

Vipul,?our guide, points out some of the more erotic carvings on?the?temple!

View of the river from the temple.

Very old temple?on the banks of the Chambal.

The Indian Skimmers or Indian scissor-bills in flight over the Chambal river, in Rajasthan.

Fly-past by a group of Lesser Whistling Ducks.

This Gharial decided we were getting too close?and heads into the water.

Gharials have very long narrow jaws that are lined with many interlocking, razor-sharp teeth.?Their ?

?The average length of a mature Gharial is between 3.5 to 4.5 m (11 to 15 ft),?with the largest recor

Gharials basking in the?sun?on a sandy bank?of the?Chambal river.

Gharials are listed as Critically Endangered and now exist in the wild in only a few small areas of I

We took?a small boat on the river to try and?get a good view of the Gharial.?They can be very skittis

National Chambal Gharial?Sanctuary ?Palighat,?RajasthanPalighat Sanctuary is situated on the banks of

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Woman busy?harvesting her crops.

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Old and new forms of transport in rural Rajasthan. ?The sedate oxen and?cart being overtaken by the?m

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Great Egret catching?fish.

A male Blackbuck antelope with his harem of females.

?Male Blackbuck antelope with its?long, spiralling horns?which are marked with rings and sweep backwa

?Driving across?farmlands outside the boundaries of Ranthambore National Park with our guide, Vijay,

?As we watched the leopard moving forward?with the sound of the chital's alarm calls filling the air,

The?male leopard?starts?stalking a chital, also known as?spotted deer. ?Keeping?a low pro. ?

Checkered Keelback water snakes?are a common species of non-venomous snake found in India.?Late in th

Indian Mugger Crocodile or Indian Marsh crocodile basking in the sunshine.

The leopard,?well-camouflaged, watching?us?through thick, dense?foliage.

Leopard watching us from high up on rocks in the forest of Ranthambore National Park.

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Male Brahminy?Starlings fighting, in?the warm early morning light.The male starlings fight each other

The Brahminy Starling (also known as the Brahminy Mynah) ranges across the Indian subcontinent.

She dragged the cow off into the forest to take to feed her cubs.

Again, she picked up the cow by its throat.The power and the strength of the tigress was?immense.

She gives a snarl, just to let us know "It's my kill, so keep your distance!"

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The tigress crossed?the road between our jeeps. She was?in a defiant mood, snarling and showing her t

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On one of our early morning drives in Zone 6 we came across a dead cow hidden amongst thick bushes at

The rarely seen Jungle Cat, also called the reed cat or swamp cat.

Crested-Serpent Eagle

The peacock has an iridescent blue and green plumage. Its?feathers are marked with eyespots, best see

Having spent around half an hour watching the young tiger he wandered off deeper in the forest leavin

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The flehmen response takes place when a tiger?sniffs and smells the urine left by another tiger.??Odo

The young male showing flehmen?response?whilst?sniffing scent marking?left on the tree trunk by anoth

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He headed towards the trees and?began sniffing a tree?trunk, checking?for any scent that may have bee

Something appeared to?catch his attention and?he?made his way?back into the forest.

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