Jaipur or as was know in past Jeypore has history of centuries. It was capital in the past and presently is capital of Indian state of Rajasthan. Jaipur was built and established by Maharaja Sawai Jaisingh II in 1727 with consultation of his Guru Vidyadhar, an architect.
Maharaja Sawai Jaisingh II, himself was learned astronomer and town planner.
The old city has been pained in pink with stucco hence the name Pink City.
The history of Jaipur is that Maharaja Sawai Jaisingh was forced to move his capital from Amer due to population density, and paucity of water.
Jaipur is the first planed city of history, when other cities were built haphazardly with narrow streets and zig- zag roads, Jaipur was built strictly according to rules of architect and mathematics of Hindu rituals and astronomy.
Since Jaipur is very near to Thar Desert the climate is dry but healthy but faces extremes during summer and winter.
Jaipur has many places of interests giving an in-view of culture of Rajasthan and the living style of Kings and people, for the tourists
Nahagarh Palace, on the edge of Aravalli hills overlooking Jaipur now partially in ruins has nine apartments for the king’s nine queens. This fort served as refuge for the Europeans in the Revolt of 1857. From this fort we can have the breath taking view of Jaipur.
Amber Palace, a very popular tourist center, it is an example Hindu and Mogul architects. For the tourist the famous elephants drive is available here.
Jaigarh Fort at the foothills of Aravalli hills is famous for immense underground water tanks and medieval cannon factory.
Hawa Mahal the famous architect for which Jaipur is most popularly known, this building built in the fashion of high rise walls with number of wide windows with staircases. The queens will enjoy the bazaar downstairs on the street thru the windows enjoying the breeze of air at the same time.
With the change of time Jaipur has many industries developed of modern as well as traditional products.
Jaipur is directly linked with Delhi (265 kms.) and other major cities of India.
Since Jaipur is major station for tourist there are number of four and five stars hotels and restaurants for the people from all nations.
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