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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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