Jaipur in India, A Land of Historic Palaces and Forts

Jaipur, the capital city of Rajasthan in India is most famous tourist place for its wonderful and splendid historic palaces and forts. It was once ruled by the Mughal emperors. It is also called as Pink City as most of the palaces here are attractively looking in pink color. The city was established by the king called Sawai Jai Singh who was belonged to Rajaputra dynasty. In ancient time nearby Amber had been the capital city of Rajaputra kingdom and after seeing abundant water facility in Jaipur, the King decided to transfer it as the capital of their province. The king employed a Bengal architect then called Vidhya Battacharya to design the city of Jaipur with marvellous palaces and widen streets. The architect who was employed by the king decided to blend all the Mughal, Rajaputra and Bengal architect styles while constructing the city of palaces Jaipur. He chose various places in and around city to erect various palaces and some of the palaces were constructed on the hill tops. Even in that time they cconstructed widen streets which enable today to have free traffic.

In the year 1727 Jaipur became the capital of Kachawa Kingdom. But, the city got the total fame only in the year 1853 when the British prince of Wales decided to undertake a tour in India. Then Rajaputra king cordially invited the Prince of Wales to his city Jaipur. On account of the arrival of the prince, every palace of the city was transformed to pink color. From that days it has been called as Pink City.

City Palace, Jantar Mantar, Jal Mahal, Hawa Mahal and Amber Fort are some of the attractions of Jaipur from where we can learn and enjoy splendid architectures of both Moghul and Rajasthan.

City Palace

City Palace of Jaipur is located in the heart of the city and it's standing as glorious part of architecture of ancient India. Even now it has been the home for the former King. We can feel in this palace the blend of both Mughal and Rajaputra architecture. This great palace is also containing other parts including courtyards, gardens and other buildings. It's also home for other structures including Chandra Mahal, Shri Govind Temple, Mubarak Mahal and Mukut Mahal.

Jal Mahal

As the name implies it has been built amidst the lake called Man Sagar. This is famous for its intricate architecture, built in the year 1799 AD, and located at about 6 Km away from Jaipur on the road leading to Amber. It was served as the summer resort for the royal families and it looks wonderful on monsoon days.

Hawa Mahal

This is one of the main attractions of Jaipur which was built by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II. This is famous for its beehive like structure and being constructed by the red and pink sand stones and beautifully outlined by white borders and motifs.

Amber Fort

This was built by Maharaja Man Singh I around 16th century. This is located on Delhi-Jaipur highway at about 9 Km north-west of Jaipur. Jai mandir temple is one which is located inside the fort is famous for world renowned Sheesh Mahal, a hall full of mirrors. The walls and ceilings of this hall are covered with array of mirrors which beautifully reflect the light all over the hall

Jantar Mantar

This is located at the entrance of the City Palace and provided with unique structures called yantras built by the king Sawai Jai Singh II to observe the movements of Sun, Moon, other planets and stars. Its massive yantras are extraordinarliy precisive and used to measure local time and other astronomical events including solar eclipse.