Beautiful Cultural heritage .. :)

Breathtaking! India O India! How much I miss you!

Dawn... where do you get these from... Refreshing...:)

Like Jaipur, the Pink city.

Awesome pictures! Thanks for sharing these, Dawn.

Such a beautiful India !! Sare Jahan se accha Hindustan hamara..

Beautiful India Love and regards from Pakistan

Wonderful photography . Very nice of Dawn to take interest in the bneighbors Thanks

ONLY ONE WORD "AWESOME"

dawn news..also show some interest in Nepal I love that Himalayan region country I have Nepali friends they showed me photos from Nepal it's a breath taking country with its beauty. Send a dawn photographer in Nepal Please.

Nice Photos........Thanks dawn for displaying cultures of both countries....

great work dawn :) Jodhpur is indeed a very beautiful city ..I guess Mehrangarh fort is one of the best maintained forts in India...

Once again Dawn has managed to get beautiful photos to accompany an article.

Thanks Dawn for showing my city!!!

SMURFLAND

O' Mother... India!

What colour would you attribute to Udaipur?

One Word .... Beautiful.....

Awesome...gave goose bumps as I remembered my country India...how much I miss my country...."Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera, Swades Hai Tera....Tujhe Hai Pukara....Yeh Woh Bandhan Hai, Jo Kabhi Toot Nahin Sakta....".

Awesome...gave goose bumps as I remembered my country India...how much I miss my country...."Yeh Jo Des Hai Tera, Swades Hai Tera....Tujhe Hai Pukara....Yeh Woh Bandhan Hai, Jo Kabhi Toot Nahin Sakta....".

There is a town in Morocco that is also painted this color of blue. I believe it is spelled Chefchaouen

Ok, what is so interesting about this?

As usual, spectacular pictures from Dawn. Desert peoples are very good at standing out from the barren landscape yet merging harmoniusly with it. Houses in Sonoran desert of Mexico and Southwestern US region also have unique architecture and coloring.

Just gorgeous pictures.

When I see the pictures of common people, places and cities of Pakistan and India I could find hardly any difference between them except that the Urdu script is changed to Hindi and the mosques are replaced by mandirs/gurdwaras in Indian pictures.

Blue is cool...

Nice to see from distance

Even I know the city But this Blue Sites I see 1st time good work down. Thanks

Dawn, this is fine and all, but why not show more of Pakistan where we Pakistanis can actually go and visit? Balochistan stands unexplored, Sindh has so much to offer, Punjab has a very old and rich history, KP has some fantastic landscapes and GB can always be highlighted even more. Pluss, I would love to see more of Azad Kashmir and their people who really love Pakistan.

Very poor selection of photos. There are so many wonderful and good places in Jodhpur. It is a tourist center. And all you have is some narrow roads and small houses. Very bad.

beautiful pics....

I wish one day I visit beautiful India.

@last comment Great dear. Need more people like you at both the sides of the border....

Really Nice! Thanks for sharing. Cheers !

Great culture Rajsthan preserves....

What a stunning beauty. Great job Team Dawn!!!

So Beautiful ! Mother India !! Vande Mataram !!!

Enthralling India.I wish if i could go there from Sukkur,Sindh,Pakistan

unique..

Interestingly, even stones are sprayed blue.

The quality of pictures posted on dawn.com website are excellent.

Watch songs from "Shuddh Desi Romance"...lots of nice views of Jodhpur in those song videos?:)

I am amazed at the photographs. Such resolution and beauty. Our Indian online newspapers like Times of India and Indian Express do not even come close. Keep it up Dawn

Nice pictures. Thanks.

Thank once again, Dawn for this coverage.

Poverty..poverty..everywhere poverty.

wonderful.lovly pic

its fasinated me......i like dis pic

People other than Urdu Speaking add colors to their lives. For example, Sindhi, Gujrati, Rajhistani and to some extent Punjabis and Pathans. I know I am going to get a lot of flak for writing this, but to clarify I am pure Urdu Speaking; and the only color we know is White. Honestly, if I need to entertain my cat I put Daler Mehdi's songs, and if I need to calm her down; all I have to do is put Mehdi Hassan's Ghazals. (with due respect to Late Mr. Mehdi Hassan). I think us Urdu Speaking folks need to stop fighting with our own selves and start blending in and appreciating other cultures.

@shabu You see poverty. I see beauty.

Thanks for sharing these wonderful photos. I would also like to see photos from Rojhan, Dera Ghazi Khan from where my parents migrated to India. Your newspaper is better than many mainline newspapers in India. I wish that you maintain these standards always.

@Pagrri Sambhaal You are most welcomed my dear, you can vist Durgah of Saint Saleem Chisti which is also in Rajasthan Ajmer , Jaipur the Pink city of India ,Ranthambhor National park etc etc/

This is the city of my parents in Pakistan. You should have shown kalay goray, Thara ,mandore,ka ilana,the havelis with closed tunnels. Very fascinating to us since childhood. My mother is close to 90, still remembers almost everything about jodhpur. Thanks.

@shabu The photos are of tribal areas of Jodhpur. Go and visit Jodhpur city. You will find 'beauty'.

Hail the mother India.. Jai Hind..

Hmm it's beautiful

@last comment; soothing comment..welcome sir.

at last u accepted that pak and india have similarities, instead of pak and saudi ,,, we were brothers once

Beautiful, I wonder how the people are so coordinated to color the same

Wow.. I wish I could go and actually see this place.

Lovely ! India and Pakistan both have stunning culture and traditions ! I must pray to have peace in both countries as well.

Superb!! I have been there once and just loved it! Keep it up Dawn! :)

@Amir Do visit India and welcome to India.Its our pleasure.

Jodhpurs washed in blue is a beautiful spectacle. Jaipur the pink city is equally beautiful, Udaipur the city of lakes is superb and Jaisalmer is a out of the world place - with many more places Rajasthan offers you a rot of oculars.

culturally rich city ..... :)

@shabu as opposed to no poverty in Pakistan? seriously, that's all you can comment...

Many Indians wish to Visit Pakistan one day and Same feeling for Pakistanis for India. Don't know, when that day will come !

This is one thing I like about dawn, beautiful pictures, each photo can tell a story .you have some excellent photographers, keepup the good work. An appreciation from India.

Bharat mata ki jai

Good Collection, beautiful blue city. Its a city tour, virtually.

Men seem to be better dressed than women. To me entire town looks very very old and amenities look far from 21st century. Although this blue looks exotic in pictures, I am not sure how it would look like in reality. May be I should create picture-stories of the city I live in. IMO, older parts of the cities need to be razed (leaving only monuments and historical places aside).

Jaisa Desh hai mera vaisa Desh hai tera....

i feel like pictures speaking....

@Euro I guess you have missed out on a lot of excellent articles in Dawn.

The beauty of the photographs hides the poverty, the pain, the helplessness, lack of sanitation etc. etc. etc. and it's the same story - whether it's India or Pakistan. For those living abroad who are saying"oh and ah and how much I miss India" (or Pakistan, if it was a city there)... they will never move back unless they have no choice but to do so (have to take care of parents or some critical situation).

@Saba My neighbour is most welcome in my house......

@shabu ya very true one side we have lots of poverty other side we are top 10 economy of the world and every one estimating including world bank, UN we will be in top 3 with in 2030 :)

No doubt Dawn is like a oasis in a desert. The quality of journalism is excellent.

@TKhan Wow, this was a new one! Can't say I agree though. All the best from a colourful Urdu speaking.

@hansie I couldn't agree more. Well said.

@hansie I've walked the streets of old Jodhpur which lies right in the shadow of the fort. What you guys call "poverty" is the traditional way of lives for the citizens of this ancient town. We should be grateful that "progress" has not yet bulldozed these tightly packed streets, the structures or their way of life. You can also see similar "poverty" in the hill towns of Tuscany, the souks of Syria and the cobbled streets of Old Havana. I guess you must equate soulless glass buildings with prosperity. Sad.

@Rana Qasim Depending on which part of India is featured, you will find all kinds of religious places, often next to each other. Without any problem whatsoever.

@Nitin Gulhane Men there are on at work so are dressed up, while women are at daily household work hence not well dressed. These pictures are not main city busy area. Either suburb or old city area.

@last comment Thank you very much. May Pakistan too grow to peace and prosperity to all, moving out of the present turmoil.

In Sindh adjacent City to India Nagar Parkar, District Tharparkar shops and houses are coloured with blue

The phrase "The cobalt walls help keep the buildings cool during hot summer days." may not be scientifically valid. Most mud brick walls (which I presume is what these are) have a high thermal mass. So, it aborbs heat slowly but retains it longer. Painting it with a colour that is darker probably only ENHANCES not DIMINISHES its capacity to absorb heat. My personal reasoning for them painting it blue is to make it "easy" on the eyes on a hot dry day. Otherwise, the glare could be quite harmful to the eyes.

Thanks Dawn !

Your creativity posted here or similar posts earlier Dawn is at highest level compared your counterparts in india. Keep it up.

Cheers to the Dawn photographer and Dawn