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Jaipur City Travel Guide
Location : 336-km From Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Built In : 1727 AD
Significance : Capital City of Rajasthan State
Best Season: October To March
The
Rose Pink City founded by Maharaja Jai Singh II (1693-1743), is the capital
of Rajasthan. It is a major attraction for the first-time visitor. Jaipur is
surrounded on all sides by rugged hills, crowned with forts & enclosed by
embattled walls. Houses with latticed windows line the streets with their rose
pink colour, lending enchantment to the scene, which is almost magical at sunset.
The Old City (Known as the Pink City) is a great place to wander around. The
whole city was painted in Pink colour by Maharaja Man Singh II when Prince of
Wales, later Edward VII, visited Jaipur in 1876 AD. Today, every home within
the city is obliged by law to maintain its facade. It is a very well planned
city laid out in a grid pattern and was designed by a young Bengali engineer
and scholar by the name "Vidyadhar Bhattacharya".
Jaipur was and remains the only city in the world, symbolising the nine divisions of the universe, through nine rectangular sectors sub-dividing it. Jaipur is a royal city & this
is its most noticeable aspect, small buildings & festivals testify it. Jaipur & its surroundings are rather like an endless museum. The city also offers an endless variety of crafts. Jewellers here still fashion the beautiful enamel-on-gold
pendants, studded on the reverse with precious stones or pearls & turquoise that one sees in miniature paintings. Jaipur's lacquer bangles are famous all over the world. This
is a city to be visited.
Forts and Palaces
Amer Palace : The magnificent fort with its huge ramparts & watchtowers, overlooking the Delhi-Jaipur Highway. It is believed to have been the capital of the "Minas", the
original inhabitants of Rajasthan.
City Palace : Nakkarkhana-ka-Darwaza, the imposing gateway of the City Palace guarded by stone elephants, is monumental.
Hawa Mahal : A Pandora's box of wonders, the enchanting Hawa Mahal is a multi-layered palace, with a profusion of windows and stone screens.
Jai
Garh : Built on a peak, Jai Garh overlooks the palace & city of
Amber below. Jal Mahal is Jaipur's lake palace. It is surrounded with water.
Nahargarh Fort : Originally called Sudarshan Garh, it affords a splendid view of Jaipur.
Monuments
Jantar Mantar : The amazing astronomical three-storey-high observatory, of an 18th century Rajasthani king, named Jai Singh.
Gardens
Sisodia Rani Ka Bagh: Has beautiful gardens, fountains, pools & some magnificent pieces of sculpture.
How to reach there
Air: Jaipur has its own airport, and is well connected to all other tourist and business centres.
Rail: An excellent connection to Delhi by Shatabdi Express and the Pink City Express. Other connections to Jaipur are from Bikaner, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Ahemadabad,
Secunderabad and Lucknow.
Road : A network of reasonably comfortable tourist buses, run by road corporations of Rajasthan, Haryana and others.
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