We have spent already 3 days in Orchha, enjoying peaceful and slow living, and we decide now to do the tourist bit. We go on the early morning, before heat and tourists buses come up , and buy our tickets to the 7 monuments of Orchha. We visit the palace very slowly, letting the view and the atmosphere affect us, observing details, taking pictures of light games and little surprises that pass by if we just visit quickly. We don’t manage to see the 7 monuments by the end of the day but only 4 thoroughly, plus some wandering abouts in abandoned and smaller places that are not on the map. The palace is a wonder, built by the Moghols and thus the result of Indian and Muslim architectural styles. It is one of these dreamt places of the Orient, a 1001 nights castle. There are endless rooms, staircases, corridors, hidden spaces. A children heaven to run and imagine fairytales under the eyes of monkeys and vultures. The whole palace used to be covered with green and blue paints and mosaics. It is hard to imagine as most of it is gone, but some hints remains to our wonder. And the view over Orchha from all angles is magic, enhanced by the chants coming from the surrounding temples.
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