Jaipur Travel Guide

This famous city is the capital of Rajasthan and hascity, famous for its mixture of Hindu and Muslim
earned universal renown as the "Pink City", and pink itarchitecture, and offering elephant rides from the town
is, with beautiful constructed palaces, havelis and forts.up to the palace courtyard. Although the structure is
Tall, rugged men with handle-bar whiskers sport brighttoday known as Amber Fort, the complex was initially
pink turbans.a Palace Complex within the Fort of Amber which is
Jaipur which means the city of victory was builttoday known as Jaigarh fort.
exactly 273 years back and is 262 km by road fromJaigarh Fort The Jaigarh Fort on the hills above the
Delhi (Capital of India). A strong wall encircles the oldAmber Palace complex offers stunning views of the
city and even today has a suggestion of formidablefoothills of the Aravalli range, as well as attractions
strength, its function of protecting all within is obvious.such as immense underground water-storage tanks, a
There is a feast in store for tourists. Attractivemedieval canon foundry and an impressive collection
monuments where one can breathe the fragrance ofof medieval cannons including the Jaivana which is
history. Comfortable and luxurious hotels, once thereputed to be the world's largest cannon on wheels.
proud of kings, parks, gardens, and excursions ofJantar Mantar The Jantar Mantar is a collection of
nearby places of interest, make Jaipur a tourist'sarchitectural astronomical instruments, built by
paradise.Maharaja Jai Singh II at his then new capital of Jaipur
Architecture: A young Bengali architect, Vidyadharbetween 1727 and 1733. It is modelled after the one
Bhattacharya formalized the city’s plans in athat he had built for him at the then Mughal capital of
grid system. The wide straight avenues. Roads,Delhi.
streets, lanes and uniform rows of shops on either sideGaltaji Galtaji is an ancient Hindu pilgrimage site situated
of main bazaars were arranged in nine rectangular city10 km from Jaipur in Indian state of Rajasthan on
sectors, in accordance with the principles of townJaipur-Agra highway near Sisodia Rani Ka Bagh. It is
planning set down in the ‘Shilpa Shastra’- andbelieved that Saint Galav spent his life here and did
epochal treatise on the Hindu architecture.meditation. The main temple here is temple of Galtaji in
Tourism Places:pink stone and has a huge complex. The temple has a
Nahagarh Fort Nahagarh Fort stands on the edge ofnumber of pavilions with rounded roofs, exquisitely
the Aravalli Hills, overlooking the pink city of Jaipur incarved pillars and painted walls. The temple is
the Indian state of Rajasthan. The view of the citysurrounded by natural springs and reservoirs that are
from the fort is breath taking. Along with Amber Fortconsidered holy .There are seven tanks here and the
and Jaigarh Fort it formed a strong defence ring forGalta Kund is considered the holiest. A large number of
the city. During the Sepoy revolt of 1857, Nahagarhpeople take a holy bath in these tanks especially on
served as a refuge for Europeans fleeing from theMakar Sankranti.
havoc created by mutineers in neighboring states. TheThere is a timeless appeal to Jaipur’s colorful
word Nahargarh means the abode of tigers. Legendsbazaars where one can shop for Rajasthani
say that it was name after Prince Nahar whose spirithandlooms and trinkets. Beautifully laid out gardens and
haunted the place and obstructed construction of theparks, attractive monuments and marvelous heritage
fort.hotels, once the residence of Maharaja’s are
Amber Palace The Amber Palace complexworth admiration. Not to mention the ambling camels
overlooking the artificial lake south of the town ofand cheerful people in multi-hued costumes that makes
Amber is one of the most popular tourist sites in theyour trip to the pink city a memorable one.