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Jaipur the capital city of Rajasthan, is one of the most vibrant and colourful cities of India. Famous for its colourful culture,forts,places,and lakes,the city basks in the glory of or rich and eventful past. The city of Jaipur symbolizes the genius of Sawai Jai Singh,It got its name from its founder Maharaja Jai Singh II, the great warrior and astronomer,who nuled between 1693 and 1743. Despite its traditional layout,Jaipur is quite modern.
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| Founded in AD 1727 by Sawai Jaisingh II, Jaipur the capital of Rajasthan is popularly known as the Pink City with broad avenues and spacious gardens. The capital of Rajasthan, Jaipur is steeped in history and culture. Here the past comes alive in magnificent forts and palaces, blushed pink, where once lived the maharajas. The bustling bazaars of Jaipur, famous for Rajasthani jewellery, fabric and shoes, possess a timeless quality and are surely a treasure-trove for the shoppers. This fascinating city with its romantic charm takes you to an epoch of royalty and tradition. |
| Jaipur has been laid according to the conventional nine-grid pattern that astrologers believe to be lucky, and which has been recommended in the ancient Indian treatise on architecture. Each grid consists of a square, and these have been planned so that, at the heart of the city is the City Palace. Spread around it, in rows, are public buildings, the residences of noblemen, the living and trading quarters of merchants and artisans. Straight, wide roads run through the city, while a high, crenellated wall that forms its defense is pierced with seven gateways that serve as entry points. Today, these walls may be more difficult to spot since the city has grown far beyond its original plan, but they are still there, proof that though Jaipur saw no great siege, it was more than adequately prepared for it. |
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Jaipurs architectural planning may have been ancient, but its execution was definitely modern. Best represented by the City Palace complex, it brought together all that was excellent in Rajput and Mughal architecture, creating a new tradition that found wide currency over much of north India. As in the Mughal tradition, the durbar or court areas became much more open, characterised by a series of arched pavilions held on delicately crafted pillars. Ornamentation had always been a part of the states architectural heritage, now it became much more opulent. The private wings of the family also extended their entertainment areas. Since defence was no longer a primary concern, larger, more ornamental windows were built to over look the streets or courtyards outside these wings. Gardens were no longer planned within the internal courtyards only, but were added to the external vistas, and water, a basic feature of Mughal palaces and gardens, was utilised in a similar fashion, in canals and fountains.
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Jaipur has much to offer visitors & everything from pageants and festivals to extraordinarily clad people, a wealth of handicrafts, a royal legacy of palaces, and sightseeing & that will occupy their time. However, should the visitors simply choose to walk around the streets of the old city instead, they will not regret it. All of Jaipur is an architectural gem, and no scheduled sight seeing can even hope to do justice to this rare city.
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Places of Interest
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Jaipur - capital city of Rajasthan is famous for the Amber Fort, City Palace, Hawa Mahal and other renowned pink city places to visit. Jaipur is also known as the shoppers paradise, you will find jewelry, textile, carpets, handicrafts and lot more. . City Palace Museum . Hawa Mahal . Jantar Mantar . Govind Dev Temple . Albert Hall Museum . Sisodia Rani ka Bagh . Jal Mahal . Nahargarh Fort . Amber fort . Jaigarh Fort . Anokhi Museum . Amber Village Jaipur Information Center Population : 2,324,319 Altitude : 431 meters above sea level Rainfall : 31.87 cm Languages : Hindi, Rajasthani and English Clothing : Summer - Light tropical or cotton Winter - Woollen STD code : 0141 Best time to visit : October to March Temperature (C) Summer Max. 42.2, Min. 36.6 Winter Max: 27.5, Min. 15.5 Jaipur is around 258 km from Delhi, 232 km from Agra, 350 km from Gwalior, 405 km from Udaipur, and 1,202 km from Mumbai.
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