It seems that many cities in India are coloured. Agra is the pink city; Jodphur, where we are headed today is the blue city; and Jaiselmer is the yellow or golden city. In Agra we found the pink more orange, but Jaiselmer is made from a yellow sand stone and lives up to its colour. The stone looks the same colour as the surrounding desert from a distance and the fort looks brown. But up close and after wear the stone certainly takes on a golden hue.
This is the step of one of the Jain temples (there are 7) inside the fort. You can see how the sandstone is worn smooth and to a soft golden colour. A lot of the narrow streets in the fort are worn to this texture.
Jim
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