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JAIPUR IS THE CAPITAL OF RAJASTHAN AND INDIA'S "GOLDEN TRIANGLE OF TOURISM .IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS "PINK CITY" AND PINK WITH BEAUTIFULLY CONSTRUCTED PALACES, HAVELIS AND FORTS. IT IS JUST 300 KILOMETRES FARAWAY FROM DELHI, AND 200 KILOMETRES FROM AGRA. IN OLD AGE, JAIPUR WAS COVERED BY SEVEN GATES. THOSE ARE CHANDPOL, SANGANERI AND AJMERI.TALL,RUGGED MEN WITH HANDLE-BAR WHISKERS SPORT LINK COLORED TURBANS WERE BUILT IN 1727 A.D. BY SAWAI JAI SINGH-II. JAIPUR WAS THE FIRST PLANNED CITY OF ITS TIME,WAS DESIGNED BY THE ARCHITECT "VIDHYADHAR BHATTACHARYA". HE USED THE PRINCIPLES OF TOWN PLANNING, AS LAID DOWN IN THE SHIPLA SHASTRA, AN ANCIENT HINDU TREATISE ON ARCHITECTURE.HE BUILD THE CITY PALACE AND THE LARGEST STONE OBSERVATORY IN THE WORLD EMPLOYING THE SAME PRINCIPLES.A MARVEL IN TOWN PLANNING, JAIPUR IS HARMONIOUS BLEND OF CULTURE,EDUCATION RELIGION AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS.

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HISTORY OF JAIPUR
IT WAS FOUNDED IN AD 1727 BY SAWAI JAISINGH II IN THE HEART OF RAJASTHAN THE LAND OF WARRIORS. SAWAI JAI SINGH II, A GREAT KACHHAWAHA RULER OF SUPREME GENIUS. HIS MILITARY PROWESS AS WELL AS HIS PENCHANT FOR ART AND ASTRONOMY PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN HIS REIGN, THE REMAINS OF WHICH CAN STILL BE WITNESSED IN THE EXHILARATING CITY OF JAIPUR TODAY. WITH A VIEW TO FIND A NEW CAPITAL IN PLACE OF THE EXISTING ONE AT THE CRAMPED HILLY AREA OF AMBER, JAI SINGH DREW UP PLANS FOR THE NEW CITY OF JAIPUR, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ANCIENT HINDU TREATISE ON ARCHITECTURE VASTU SASHTRA OR SHILPA SHASTRA IN 1727 AD. HE WAS AIDED BY THE FAMOUS BENGALI ARCHITECT VIDYADHAR CHAKRAVATI IN HIS ENDEAVOR.

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POPULARLY KNOWN AS THE PINK CITY, JAIPUR, THE CAPITAL OF RAJASTHAN IS A PLACE OF VIVID CONTRASTS, BOMBARDING THE SENSES AT EVERY TURN. IT IS A PLACE WHERE CYCLE RICKSHAWS MOVE ALONGSIDE POSH AUTOMOBILES, WHERE PALATIAL HOTELS SHARE GROUND WITH SLUMS, AND LIFE CONTINUOUSLY MOVES ON. THE PINK COLOR WAS USED AT THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTING THE PLACE TO CREATE AN IMPRESSION OF RED SANDSTONE BUILDINGS OF MUGHAL CITIES. THE WHOLE TOWN WAS HOWEVER REPAINTED IN 1876, DURING THE VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES, LATER EDWARD VII.

TOWN PLAN OF JAIPUR

JAIPUR WAS PLANNED IN A GRID SYSTEM WITH WIDE STRAIGHT AVENUES, ROADS, STREETS AND LANES AND UNIFORM ROWS OF SHOPS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE MAIN ROADS, ALL ARRANGED IN NINE RECTANGULAR CITY SECTORS (CHOKDIS), REPRESENTING THE ANCIENT HINDU MAP OF THE UNIVERSE. THE CITY WAS SURROUNDED BY A CRENELLATED MASONRY WALL, MEASURING 20 FEET IN HEIGHT AND 9 FEET IN THICKNESS WITH SEVEN IMPOSING GATEWAYS DHRUVAPOL (ZORAWAR SINGH GATE) ON THE NORTH, GANGAPOL AND SURAJPOL ON THE EAST, RAMPOL (GHAT GATE), SHIVPOL (SANGANERI GATE) AND KISHANPOL (AJMERI GATE) ON THE SOUTH, AND CHANDPOL ON THE WEST. THE WALLS WERE BUILT FOR PROTECTION FROM INVADING ARMIES AND WILD ANIMALS THAT LURKED JUST OUTSIDE IN THE JUNGLES THAT SURROUNDED THE CITY. BUT JAI SINGH'S PLANNED CITY HAS WITHSTOOD ALL THE PRESSURES AND THE CHANGES.

 BUILT BY MAHARAJA JAI SINGH II IN THE EARLY 18TH

CENTURY, THE CITY PALACE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LANDMARK OF JAIPUR WHICH COVERS ALMOST ONESEVENTH OF THE OLD CITY AREA DIVIDED INTO A SERIES OF COURTYARDS, GARDENS AND BUILDINGS AND NUMEROUS ADDITIONS THAT WERE MADE BY JAI SINGH'S SUCCESSORS.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL BLEND OF RAJASTHAN AND

MUGHAL ARCHITECTURE, A MAJOR TOURIST ATTARACTION. THE CENTER OF THIS PALACE IS THE SEVEN STORIES CHAND MAHAL OR THE MOON PALACE SOME OF THE BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS IN THE CITY PALACE COMPLEX INCLUDE MUBARAK MAHAL, GOVIND DEVJI TEMPLE, CHANDRA MAHAL, DIWAN-I-KHAS, DIWAN-I-AAM, PRITAM NIWAS AND SAWAI MAN SINGH II MUSEUM. THE MUSEUM HOUSES AN EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF RARE MANUSCRIPTS ALONG WITH TWO SILVER URNS THAT ARE THE LARGEST SILVER OBJECTS IN THE WORLD AS MENTIONED IN THE GEINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS. ONE OF THEM BEING 6''-6' TALL,4' WIDE AND 250KG WEIGHTS AND THE OTHER ONE BEING 5 HIGH WAS MADE BY MAHARAJA MADHO SINGH II TO CARRY THE SACRED GANGAS WATER WITH HIM ON HIS TRIP TO ENGLAND. THERE ARE TWO MAIN ENTRANCES TO THE PALACE - ONE IS FROM JALEB CHOWK AND ANOTHER FROM TRIPOLIA GATE SIDE. THE TRIPOLIA GATE FACING THE CHAURA RASTA IS RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE ROYAL FAMILY AND THEIR GUESTS.
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 THE HUGE AND FASCINATING DOUBLE STORIED STRUCTURE OF MUBARAK MAHAL

BUILT IN THE 19TH CENTURY IS SEEN AS ONE ENTERS THROUGH THE ORNATE GATEWAY CALLED AS VIRENDRA POL.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS STRUCTURE WAS COMPLETED IN 1899 DURING THE

REIGN OF SAWAI MADHO SINGH II UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF COLONEL JACOB, WHO WAS THE ARCHITECT OF THIS BUILDING.
THERE IS AN AMOROUS BLEND OF MUGHAL AND EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURE. THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING FOLLOWS THE SAME PATTERN AS THAT OF THE

CITY AND IS DIVIDED INTO

A 9 X 3 SQUARE GRID. THE STRUCTURE NOW FORMS THE PART OF THE SAWAI MANSINGH II MUSEUM AND HOUSES THE TEXTILE SECTION OF THE MUSEUM.

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 THOUGH EARLIER USED AS A PLACE

WHERE THE CLASSICAL SINGERS AND KATHAK DANCERS REFINED THEIR SKILLS IT NOW HOUSES A LARGE SECTION OF ANTIQUE WEAPONS OF THE 15TH CENTURY USED BY THE JAIPUR RULERS AND THEIR ARMIES INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL SWORD OF MAHARAJA SAWAI MAN SINGH, WEIGHING MORE THAN 10 KGS
IT ALSO HOUSES THE SWORD INCRUSTED

WITH PRECIOUS STONES LIKE EMERALDS AND RUBIES GIFTED BY QUEEN VICTORIA TO SAWAI RAM SINGH (1835-80).

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 AT THE HEART OF THE CITY PALACE COMPLEX IS THE SEVEN STOREYED

CHANDRA MAHAL WHERE THE ERSTWHILE ROYAL FAMILY IS STILL IN RESIDENCE, THOUGH ONLY A SMALL PART OF THE APARTMENTS ARE OCCUPIED.
THE TWO MOST BEAUTIFUL APARTMENTS IN THE PALACE ARE THE SHOBHA

NIWAS AND CHANDRA MANDIR.

THERE IS ALSO A TEMPLE DEDICATED TO LORD KRISHNA ON THE TOP OF THE

PALACE KNOWN AS MUKUT MANDIR.

HOWEVER, THE NOT-TO-BE-MISSED FEATURE OF THE CHANDRA MAHAL IS THE

PRITAM NIWAS CHOWK ALSO KNOWN AS 'THE SQUARE OF THE BELOVED'.

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 BUILT IN 1799, THE HAWA MAHAL(THE

PALACE OF THE WINDS) WAS BUILT BY THE POET-KING SAWAI PRATAP SINGH. IT IS A STUNNING EXAMPLE OF RAJPUT ARTISTRY, WITH ITS PINK SEMI OCTAGONAL AND DELICATELY HONEYCOMBED SANDSTONE WINDOWS(JALI) WHICH ENABLED THE LADIES OF THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD TO WATCH THE EVERYDAY LIFE AND PROCESSIONS OF THE CITY WHILE MAINTAINING THEIR PURDAH. . IT LOOKS FROM THE SIREH DEORHI BAZAR AS A MULTINICHED FIVE STORY HIGH VIEW OF THE COMPLEX COMPRISING OF 953 NICHES AND 152 WINDOWS . HAWA MAHAL DERIVES ITS NAME FROM THE FACT THAT IN SPITE OF BEING SUCH AN IMPOSING STRUCTURE, IT IS DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE PASSAGE OF WIND IS NOT OBSTRUCTED ALLOWING IT TO PASS FREELY THROUGH THE NUMEROUS JHAROKHAS (WINDOWS) OF THE ROYAL LADIES QUARTERS, KEEPING THEM COOL IT IS SAID THAT HAWA MAHAL'S DESIGN RESEMBLES THE CROWN OF LORD KRISHNA. THE PALACE ALSO HOUSES A MUSEUM NEAR THE ENTRANCE. THE ENTRANCE TO THE PALACE IS FROM THE REAR SIDE.
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 LOCATED AT A DISTANCE OF 11 KILOMETERS FROM JAIPUR, IT WAS THE OLD FORT OF THE

KACHHWAHA CLAN OF AMBER. THE FORT, SPRAWLED ALONG THE MAOTHA LAKE

THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FORT WAS COMMENCED BY MAN SINGH I IN 1592, BUT WAS COMPLETED BY HIS PREDECESSOR JAI SINGH. THE MUGHAL STYLE OF CONSTRUCTION.

THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OF THE CASTLE IS INFLUENCED BY BOTH THE RAJPUT AND THE AMBER FORT IS ESSENTIALLY A MILITARY BASTION AND ITS ENORMOUS WALLS CAN

PROVIDE AMPLE SECURITY TO THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE RAMPARTS OF THE FORT. IT IS A HUGE STRUCTURE BUILT IN WHITE MARBLE AND RED SANDSTONE, AND HAS FOUR SECTIONS.

THE MAIN GATE CALLED SURAJ POL LEADS TO THE JALEB CHOWK (CENTRAL COURTYARD). ON THE RIGHT IS A NARROW STAIRCASE, LEADING TO THE FAMOUS SHILA DEVI TEMPLE. THE ELEPHANT HEADED GOD, GANESHA TAKES PRIDE OF THE PALACE.

WITHIN THE PALACE, GANESH POL IS AN IMPOSING GATEWAY POINTED WITH IMAGES OF

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 JANTAR MANTAR IS ONE OF THE SAWAI JAI SINGH'S FIVE REMARKABLE

OBSERVATORIES CONSTRUCTED WITH STONE AND MARBLE IN 1728, ITS COMPLEX INSTRUMENTS REPRESENT THE HIGH-POINTS OF MEDIEVAL INDIAN ASTRONOMY.
THE TWO RAM YANTRAS USED FOR GAUGING ALTITUDES ARE UNIQUE IN THEIR

ISOLATION.
THIS IS THE LARGEST AND THE ONLY

WORKING OF FIVE OBSERVATORIES FOUNDED BY SAWAI JAI SINGH-II IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
IN ALL THERE ARE 17 INSTRUMENTS

IN THE JANTAR MANTAR COMPLEX.

THE FUNCTION OF EACH INSTRUMENT IS RATHER COMPLEX BUT SERVES A PARTICULAR FUNCTION WHERE TIME PLAYS THE MAIN THEME. THEY ALSO GIVE PRECISE READINGS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL OCCURRING.
THE LARGE KRANTIVRITTA YANTRA WAS EMPLOYED FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF

THE LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE OF THE CELESTIAL BODIES DURING THE DAY AS WELL AS NIGHT.

 THE SMALL SAMRAT YANTRA IS A TRIANGULAR STRUCTURE AND HAS A LARGE SUNDIAL

WITH QUADRANTS AT THE BORDERS GIVEN IN HOURS AND MINUTES.

THE DIGANSHA YANTRA WAS DEVISED TO MEASURE THE AZIMUTH (ARC OF THE

CELESTIAL GREAT CIRCLE FROM ZENITH TO HORIZON) OF PLANETARY BODIES.

SIMILARLY, THE SMALL RAM YANTRA AND THE LARGE RAM YANTRA ARE USED TO FIND

THE ALTITUDE AND THE AZIMUTH.

THE CHAKRA YANTRA GIVES THE ANGULAR MEASUREMENT OF AN OBJECT FROM THE

EQUATOR.
THE JAI PRAKASH YANTRA DETERMINES THE PRECISE COORDINATES OF CELESTIAL

BODIES AND THE SMALL IRON PLATE STRUNG BETWEEN THE CROSS WIRES GIVES THE SUN'S LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE AND THE ZODIACAL SIGN THAT IT IS PASSING THROUGH. ITS MAIN FUNCTION IS TO KEEP AN EYE ON ALL THE OTHER INSTRUMENTS.
THE RASIVALAYAS YANTRA OPERATES IN THE SAME MANNER AS THAT OF THE SAMRAT

YANTRA AND HAS ONE SUNDIAL FOR EACH OF THE ZODIAC SIGNS.
THE DISHA YANTRA HAS ONLY ONE FUNCTION AND THAT IS TO POINT TOWARDS THE

NORTH. THE UNNATHANSHA YANTRA IS USED TO FIND THE ALTITUDES OF THE ASTRAL BODIES.
THE DHRUVA YANTRA HELPS IN FINDING THE POSITION OF THE POLE STAR AT NIGHT

AND ALSO THOSE OF THE 12 ZODIAC SIGNS.

THE RAJ YANTRA OR THE KING OF INSTRUMENTS IS USED ONLY ONCE A YEAR TO

CALCULATE THE HINDU CALENDAR, THE DETAILS OF WHICH ARE BASED ON THE JAIPUR STANDARD.
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KAPALA YANTRA

K R A N T I V R I T T A

Y A N T R A

RAJ YANTRA

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S A M R A T Y A N T R A CHAKRA YANTRA

UNNATHANSHA YANTRA
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JAI PRAKASH YANTAR

DIGANSHA YANTRA

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 SET AMIDST THE MANSAGAR LAKE,

THE JAL MAHAL HAVE NAHARGARH HILLS IN ITS BACKDROP. THE PLEASURE PALACE OF RULERS OF

JAIPUR IN 18TH CENTURY, JAL MAHAL

WAS BUILT FOR THE ROYAL DUCK SHOTTING PARTIES.
SAID TO BE ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLE OF RAJPUT ARCHITECTURE, JAL MAHAL IS

RESULT OF VAST ARCHITECTURAL AND TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE, WHICH WERE NOT GENERALLY IN VOGUE IN 18TH CENTURY. THOUGH THE ENTRY IN THE PALACE IS NOT ALLOWED, AS IT IS GOING TO TURN INTO THE FIRST PALACE HOTEL OF JAIPUR. IN WINTERS, HUNDREDS OF MIGRATORY BIRDS CAN BE SEEN SWIMMING IN THE MAN SAGAR LAKE.
THE JAL MAHAL PALACE IS CONSIDERED AN ARCHITECTURAL BEAUTY BUILT IN

THE RAJPUT AND MUGHAL STYLES OF ARCHITECTURE. THE PALACE, BUILT IN RED SANDSTONE, IS A FIVE STORIED BUILDING OUT OF WHICH FOUR FLOORS REMAIN UNDER WATER WHEN THE LAKE IS FULL AND THE TOP FLOOR IS EXPOSED. THE RECTANGULAR CHHATRI ON THE ROOF IS OF THE BENGAL TYPE. THE CHHATRIS ON THE FOUR CORNERS ARE OCTAGONAL. ON THE TERRACE OF THE PALACE, A GARDEN WAS BUILT WITH ARCHED PASSAGES. AT EACH CORNER OF THIS PALACE SEMIOCTAGONAL TOWERS WERE BUILT WITH AN ELEGANT CUPOLA.
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 GAITORE IS THE

NAME OF THE CREMATION GROUND WHERE

THE BODIES OF
THE KINGS WERE BURIED.
IN THE MEMORY OF EVERY KING A CENOTAPH ENGRAVED IN TYPICAL RAJASTHAN

CARVINGS WAS CONSTRUCTED KNOWN AS CHATTRIS.

GAITORE IS REGARDED AS THE MISPRONOUNCED FORM OF A HINDI PHRASE GAYE

KA THOR MEANING RESTING PLACE OF THE DEPARTED SOUL.

THE CENOTAPHS EXHIBIT THE FEATURES OF BOTH THE ISLAMIC TOMB AND THE

TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE OF HINDU TEMPLE.

EACH CENOTAPH IS DESIGNED IN REMEMBRANCE OF A SPECIFIC KING THEREBY

REPRESENTING THE STYLE AND CULTURE OF THEIR TIME.

SIGNIFICANT CHHATRIS OF GAITORE ARE THOSE DEVOTED TO SAWAI RAM SINGH,

SAWAI MADHO SINGH, SAWAI JAI SINGH AND MAHARAJA SAWAI JAI SINGH II WHOSE CENOTAPH WAS BUILD IN PURE WHITE MARBLES.
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 MAHARANI KI CHHATRI IS A SPECIAL FUNERAL AREA FOR THE MAHARANIS OR

THE ROYAL LADIES OF JAIPUR. MAHARANI KI CHHATRI IS LOCATED ON THE AMBER ROAD
THERE ARE SOME VERY BEAUTIFULLY CARVED CENOTAPHS IN THIS ROYAL

CREMATORIUM WITH TYPICAL ROYAL CHHATRIS.

SOME CENOTAPHS ARE BUILT WITH MARBLE, WHILE FOR OTHERS LOCAL

STONES HAVE BEEN USED.

THE GRAND CENOTAPHS OF THE ROYAL LADIES ARE EVIDENCE OF THE STATUS

AND IMPORTANCE OF THESE WOMEN AMONG THE NOBILITY OF JAIPUR.

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 BUILT BY SAWAI ISHWARI SINGH IN 1749,

ISAR LAT OR SWARGASULI THE HEAVEN PIERCING MINARET IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF TRIPOLIA BAZAAR

AND GANGORI BAZAAR NEAR THE

CHHOTI CHAUPAR CHOWK AND TRIPOLIA GATE.
THE SEVEN-STORIED IMPOSING MINARET WAS ERECTED TO

COMMEMORATE THE GRAND VICTORY OF ISHWARI SINGH OVER THE COMBINED ARMIES OF MEWAR AND THE MARATHAS WHO SUPPORTED THE CLAIM OF MADHO SINGH TO THE JAIPUR THRONE.
THE RULE OF ISHWARI SINGH SOON CAME TO AN END WHEN HE

CHOSE TO KILL HIMSELF RATHER THAN FIGHT THE STRONG MARATHA ARMY
HIS END WAS OVER SHADOWED BY THE SACRIFICE OF HIS 21 WIFES

WHO PERFORMED JAUHAR.

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 THE EXCEPTIONAL HIGHLIGHT OF THE CITY IS THE WELL MAINTAINED AND

AESTHETICALLY LAID GARDENS IN JAIPUR. DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT IS A DESERT CITY, JAIPUR HOUSES MANY BEAUTIFUL GARDENS PROVIDING SERENITY TO THE TANGLED NERVES OF THE TRAVELLERS.
THE FAMOUS GARDENS IN JAIPUR INCLUDE

THE VIDYADHAR GARDENS, SISODIA RANI KA BAGH AND KANAK VRINDAVAN.

SISODIA RANI KA BAGH WAS MADE TO

REFRESH THE QUEENS AND LADIES OF

THE ROYAL FAMILY. IT IS ONE OF THE

BEAUTIFUL GARDENS IN JAIPUR, LOCATED AT A DISTANCE OF 10 KM FROM JAIPUR. IT WAS BUILT BY MAHARAJA SAWAI JAI SINGH IN THE YEAR 1728, WITH A PURPOSE TO GIFT THE GARDEN, TO HIS SISODIA RANI FROM UDAIPUR. THE GARDEN IS DECORATED IN THE MUGHAL STYLE AND PORTRAYS THE LEGENDS OF RADHA AND KRISHNA (MYTHOLOGICAL DEITIES).IT IS LAYERED AND IS ADORNED WITH WATERCOURSES, FOUNTAINS AND BEDS OF FLOWERS. AMIDST THE LUXURIANT FOLIAGE IS THE PALACE HOUSE
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 KANAK VRINDAVAN VALLEY IS ANOTHER EXOTIC PLACE IN THE DESERT LANDS

OF JAIPUR. IT IS SITUATED AT THE BASE OF NAHARGARH HILLS ADJOINING THE AMBER FORT, ON JAIPUR-AMBER ROAD. THE STUNNING GREEN VALLEY WAS NAMED AS KANAK VRINDAVAN BY MAHARAJA SAWAI JAI ABOUT THREE CENTURIES AGO.
THE RAM NIWAS GARDEN, WAS DESIGNED BY COLONEL SIR SWINTON JACOB IN

1886. IT SURROUNDS THE ALBERT HALL, BUILT TO HONOUR THE VISIT OF THE KING EDWARD VII TO JAIPUR. CONSTRUCTED IN INDO-SARACENIC STYLE, THE GARDEN IS SURROUNDED BY POOLS, FOUNTAINS AND ROWS OF FLOWERBEDS.
ONE OF THE WELL-PLANNED GARDENS OF INDIA IS VIDYADHAR GARDEN,

DEDICATED TO VIDYADHAR THE PRINCIPAL DESIGNER OF JAIPUR. CONSTRUCTED IN MUGHLAI STYLE THE GARDEN IS SITED AT A DISTANCE OF 8 KM TO THE EAST OF JAIPUR.

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 ALBERT HALL/RAMNIWAS BAGH

JUST OUTSIDE OF THE WALLED CITY, OCCUPIES A MUSEUM THAT IS PRIDE OF PLACE ,SITUATED AS IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF GARDEN. TO PROVIDE OPEN SPACE AND GREENERY TO THE CITIZENS, THIS LARGE GARDEN WITH A ZOO, AN AVIARY, A GREENHOUSE, A HERBARIUM, A MUSEUM AND SEVERAL SPORTS GROUND WAS BUILT DURING THE REIGN OF SAWAI RAM SINGH-II IN 1868 AS A FAMINE RELIEF PROJECT. THIS WAS DESIGNED BY SIR SWINTON JACOB, AS AN EXAMPLE OF BEAUTIFUL INDIA-SARCENIC STRUCTURE AND OPENED IN 1887 AS A PUBLIC MUSEUM. IT CONTAINS A FINE COLLECTION OF SCULPTURES, PAINTINGS, DECORATIVE ART OBJECTS, NATURAL HISTORY SPECIMENS, AN EGYPTIAN MUMMY AND A CELEBRATED PERSIAN GARDEN CARPET.
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 DOLL MUSEUM
ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING MUSEUMS OF JAIPUR IS THE

DOLL'S MUSEUM, WHERE DOLLS

FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES ARE PRESENTED IN THEIR TRADITIONAL COSTUMES. THE DOLLS FEATURING

THE NATIONAL COSTUMES OF COUNTRIES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE STRIKING AND REALISTIC. IT CREATES A SURREALISTIC FAIRY TALE. THE EDUCATIVE MUSEUM OFFERS AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO TEACH STUDENTS ABOUT DIVERSITY. THE MUSEUM, BUILT IN 1974, IS ABOUT FOUR KILOMETERS FROM THE CITY CENTER. THE MUSEUM ALSO HAS EXHIBITS OF DOLLS FROM VARIOUS STATES OF INDIA.

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 CITY PALACE MUSEUM

THE CITY PALACE MUSEUM IS ONE OF THE IMPORTANT MUSEUMS OF JAIPUR WHICH HAS AN ASTONISHING ARRAY OF MANUSCRIPTS AND SCRIPTURES. DIWAN-I-AM, THE HALL FOR THE PUBLIC, HAS AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF DISPLAYS.

MINIATURE COPIES OF BHAGWAT

GITA, THE HOLY BOOK OF THE HINDUS, WRITTEN TO BE SAVED FROM THE MUGHAL EMPEROR AURANGZEB'S PREJUDICE TOWARDS OTHER FAITHS, ARE ALSO FOUND IN THIS MUSEUM.

PAINTINGS ON MUGHAL ART AND PERSIAN SCHOOL OF ART GRACE THE HALLS, BESIDES THE MURALS OF RAJPUT CULTURE. THE MUSEUM IS OF GREAT ARCHITECTURAL STYLE AND HAS MAGNIFICENT WELLPRESERVED CHANDELIERS AND CEILINGS.
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