Jai Niwas Garden, Jalebi Chowk, 36, near THIKANA MANDIR SHRI GOVINDDEVJI MAHARAJ, opposite old Hindu Prakash band, Kamal Gatta Colony, J.D.A. Market, Brahampuri, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302002, India
We stepped into Thikana Mandir Sri Govinddevji in the late afternoon and looked up first: terracotta-pink moldings stacked like lace, white lotus-bud shields and vine scrolls filling every tier. The hall ran on scalloped arches and thick pillars, the same pink-and-white filigree covering beams and a ceiling of interlocking trellis with recessed grilles. A marble figure with a conch stood on one column beside whirring…