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Jaipur Travel Guide
by Vinay Chaubey
 This
famous city is the capital of Rajasthan and has earned universal renown
as the "Pink City", and pink it is, with beautiful constructed palaces,
havelis and forts. Tall, rugged men with handle-bar whiskers sport bright
pink turbans. Jaipur which means the city of victory was built exactly
273 years back and is 262 km by road from Delhi (Capital of India). A strong
wall encircles the old city and even today has a suggestion of formidable
strength, its function of protecting all within is obvious.
There is a feast in store
for tourists. Attractive monuments where one can breathe the fragrance
of history. Comfortable and luxurious hotels, once the proud of kings,
parks, gardens, and excursions of nearby places of interest, make Jaipur
a tourist's paradise.
Architecture:
A young Bengali architect,
Vidyadhar Bhattacharya formalized the city's plans in a grid system. The
wide straight avenues. Roads, streets, lanes and uniform rows of shops
on either side of main bazaars were arranged in nine rectangular city sectors,
in accordance with the principles of town planning set down in the 'Shilpa
Shastra'- and epochal treatise on the Hindu architecture.
Tourism Places:
Nahagarh Fort
Nahagarh Fort stands on
the edge of the Aravalli Hills, overlooking the pink city of Jaipur in
the Indian state of Rajasthan. The view of the city from the fort is breath
taking. Along with Amber Fort and Jaigarh Fort it formed a strong defence
ring for the city. During the Sepoy revolt of 1857, Nahagarh served as
a refuge for Europeans fleeing from the havoc created by mutineers in neighboring
states. The word Nahargarh means the abode of tigers. Legends say that
it was name after Prince Nahar whose spirit haunted the place and obstructed
construction of the fort.
Amber Palace
The Amber Palace complex
overlooking the artificial lake south of the town of Amber is one of the
most popular tourist sites in the city, famous for its mixture of Hindu
and Muslim architecture, and offering elephant rides from the town up to
the palace courtyard. Although the structure is today known as Amber Fort,
the complex was initially a Palace Complex within the Fort of Amber which
is today known as Jaigarh fort.
 Jaigarh
Fort
The Jaigarh Fort on the
hills above the Amber Palace complex offers stunning views of the foothills
of the Aravalli range, as well as attractions such as immense underground
water-storage tanks, a medieval canon foundry and an impressive collection
of medieval cannons including the Jaivana which is reputed to be the world's
largest cannon on wheels.
Jantar Mantar
The Jantar Mantar is a collection
of architectural astronomical instruments, built by Maharaja Jai Singh
II at his then new capital of Jaipur between 1727 and 1733. It is modelled
after the one that he had built for him at the then Mughal capital of Delhi.
Galtaji
Galtaji is an ancient Hindu
pilgrimage site situated 10 km from Jaipur in Indian state of Rajasthan
on Jaipur-Agra highway near Sisodia Rani Ka Bagh. It is believed that Saint
Galav spent his life here and did meditation. The main temple here is temple
of Galtaji in pink stone and has a huge complex. The temple has a number
of pavilions with rounded roofs, exquisitely carved pillars and painted
walls. The temple is surrounded by natural springs and reservoirs that
are considered holy .There are seven tanks here and the Galta Kund is considered
the holiest. A large number of people take a holy bath in these tanks especially
on Makar Sankranti.
There is a timeless appeal
to Jaipur's colorful bazaars where one can shop for Rajasthani handlooms
and trinkets. Beautifully laid out gardens and parks, attractive monuments
and marvelous heritage hotels, once the residence of Maharaja's are worth
admiration. Not to mention the ambling camels and cheerful people in multi-hued
costumes that makes your trip to the pink city a memorable one.
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