Rajasthan Travel Info
Jaipur Travel Info

Named
after King Sawai Jai Singh II (1683 1743 A.D.) who was famous as
agreat warrior, a great scholar, a mathematician, an astronomer and a town
planner Jaipur is the present capital of Rajasthan. It is also called
the Pink City.
The old city is encircled by a wall with seven gates and the Iswari Minar Swarga
Sul, the minaret piercing heaven near the Tripoli gate was built
by Maharaja Madho Singh (1751 1768) mainly to enable the ladies to watch
processions.
An eleven km drive north of Jaipur brings you to Amber with the royal palace
atop a hill. The palace is in the form of a large fortress with massive thick
walls and gateways. An image of Durga which was brought by Akbars
brilliant general Raja Man Singh is seated within. The palace has a Diwan-I-Aam
or Hall of Audience with a double row of columns and latticed galleries above.
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