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      This Crescent Moon Tower boasts a 33-storey down-turned half moon on the banks of the Caspian Sea. It is designed to accommodate a children’s library, a conference facility, a restaurant, multiple cafes, and an open-air observation platform. Though it was just a proposal, there’s a big possibility that it will be built immediately. It is said to be completed by the year 2015 along with its sister project called the Full Moon Hotel – resembling the Death Star from Star Wars  which was  been proposed. It can accommodate a 220-hectare site that was formerly a storage hub for the industry. This place now has been cleaned up and prepared for offices, hotels, homes and services for 50,000 Baku residents and 48,000 workers.Crescent Moon tower in Dubai was only a proposal. It doesn’t exist yet. It was just a concept that was presented by an artist that should signify the modern face of Dubai.

JODHPUR CITY

   The empty hills of the Thar Desert are a spectacular setting for the Rajput fortress city of Jodhpur. The forbidding 15th century Mehrangh Fort, perhaps the most majestic fort in the whole of India, looms over the city from the top of the hill. Its walls, up to 36 m (120 ft) high and 21 m (70 ft) wide, seem to sprout out of the hilltop- an extention of the rock on which they are built. The Mehrangarh is a massive edifice containing palaces, courtyards and gardens with fabulous views from its ramparts.

MEHRANGH FORT

   Jodhpur is called the 'Blue City' because many of the houses are painted with a blue tint that reflects the sunlight, keeping the interiors cool. The city was founded in 1459 by Rao Jodha,chief  of the Rathore clan of Rajput warriors, who claim to be directly decendent from Rama. The old city circles the fort and is bounded by a wall with several gates. However, the city has expanded greatly outside the wall over the past several decades. The city grew into a major trading centre, maintaining a semi-autinomous status under both the Mughal Empire and the British Raj. Today Jodhpur is the second largest city in Rajasthan. It is rich in history, the center of Marwar is one of the most vibrant places to explore. Music, food, art and language blend in perfectly to give one a lively experience in that place.There are bustling bazaars where the rows of tiny shops sell everything from textile and silver to spices and sweets.
 

UMAID BHAWAN PALACE

   Jodhpur is a popular tourist  destination, featuring many palaces, forts and temples, set in the stark landscape of the Thar desert. The Umaid Bhawan Palace is one of the largest as well as most recent palaces in India.It began as a social project to provide employment for the town people in the time of famine in the 1920's. The building employed more than 5000 men for over 16 years and is an outstanding example of Art Deco Indo-Colonial design. Today, it is a five star hotel, museum and home of  Gaj Singh, Maharajah of Jodhpur.

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BUDDHIST ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA

Buddhist architecture emerged slowly in the period following the Buddha’s life, along with the Hindu temple architecture. The major features of this style are stupas or topes, stambhas or lats, chaitayas, viharas or monasteries. Though primitive Buddhism rejected any form of image worship, they represented Buddha by means of symbols like stupa, bidhi tree indicating enlightment, wheels of law, as first sermon as well as corporeal vehicle of Buddha, and his foot prints.

GREAT STUPA AT SANCHI

 
The construction of stupa is a meritorious work as the monument propagates the doctrine. These stupas are the circular tumuli of earth, covered with stone or brick. The plan, elevation, section and the total form of which were all derived from circle-the embryo of the most powerful architectural form of Buddhism.The stupa was enclosed within a wooden or stone railing called 'Vedica' leaving an ambulatory passage with gate-ways called 'Toranas'.
The great stupa at Sanchi is the world famous stupa, and is about 40 km from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh. The reconstruction of the stupa was         started as early as 150 B.C. when the existing stupa was enlarged nearly twice its previous size.
There is an another example at sarnath which is situated at a distance of 6.5 km to the north from Benares. Gautama buddha is said to have delivered his first preachings at Sarnath.
The stupa at Budh-Gaya was built in the memory of the Buddha who attained his enlightment after meditating for seven years undert5 peepal tree. As compared to Sanchi stupa, it's less massive.

CHAITAYA AT KARLI

  Chaitayas are the temples as well as Assembly halls created out of the particular demands of  Buddhist religion.These have a small rectangular door-way which opens to a vaulted hall, with apsidal end and divided longitudinally by two colonnades forming a broad nave in the centre and two side aisle. The rock- cut chaitayas at Bhaja, Nasik , Karli and the very famous Ajanta and Ellora are a few original structures.
Viharas initially were only temporary shelters used by wandering monks during the rainy season, but later were developed to accommodate the

VIHARAS AT ELLORA

growing and increasingly formalised Buddhist monasticm. They consist of assembly hall, dining chambers and cells for mrditation. An existing example is at Nalanda (Bihar). A distinctive type of fortress architecture found in the former and present Buddhist kingdoms of the Himalayas are dzongs. The pagoda is the evolution of the indian stupas.