We visited Jaswant Thada which is the memorial built for members of the royal Jodhpur family when they die. The site was made of amazing white marble and also provided yet again some lovely views of the "blue city" of old Jodhpur.
We passed by a security guard who was curious who I was and if I was with Abhijeet. Abhijeet gave a vague answer about showing me around the city and stated that he was from Jodhpur but living in the US. He still did not believe him, so Abhijeet took out his Virginia driver's license and showed it to him. He gave it a once over quick look and then nodded his head. We soon realized that he could not read the driver's license because it was written in English so he just went with our story. Abhijeet then realized by looking at the man's badge that he had the same family name as his mother so she quickly also joined the conversation and began to find common acquaintances. We were all quick friends and parted ways with a genuine namaste.
The sign behind the man says "Please take off your shoes here." Everyone must remove shoes before going into the holy site. This man spends his day guarding shoes.
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