My blog is actually turning out to be a
traveler’s blog! In this blog, I am sharing my experience of sightseeing
in Jaipur. Jaipur – the Pink City and the capital of Rajasthan
is a lovely place. There are some beautiful forts in the city. I share
details of a day spent in visiting some remarkable places. We saw the
beautiful Amer Palace, Nahargarh fort, Jaigarh fort, Jal Mahal, Hawa
Mahal, Kanak Ghati and Birla Mandir.
Our tour started with a visit to the
mesmerizing Amber Fort (also known as Amer Palace). Its architecture is
wonderful. The palace is made of marbles and some precious stones. There
is also a small garden inside the palace. “Sheesh Mahal” or “Palace of
mirror” is one of the most marvelous sights inside. Walls and ceilings
of its halls are covered with mirrors and look gorgeous. The palace is
so vast that we actually lost our way at one point and had to seek help
of a volunteer!
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| Amer Palace |
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| Amer Palace |
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| Small garden inside the palace |
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| Ceiling of the "Sheesh Mahal" |
Next, we visited the Nahargarh fort. The
fort architecture is really attention-grabbing. View of the city from
this fort is really spectacular.
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| Nahargarh Fort |
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| View of the city from Nahargarh Fort |
Near to the Nahargarh fort, lies an
isolated place where one of the songs of the famous movie - Rang De
Basanti - ‘Masti ki Paathshala’ was filmed. The place is not well kept
and is really in bad shape. But we could take some good snaps there.
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| Masti ki Paathshala .. :-) |
The Jaigarh fort, also known as the
“Fort of Victory” gives a splendid view of the surrounding areas. The
fort has a cannon called ‘Jaivana’, which is the world’s largest cannon
on wheels. The fort also has 3 underground tanks. It is a dazzling
place.
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| Jaivana at Jaigarh Fort |
The Kanak Vrindavan garden also known as
Kanak Ghati is an alluring garden with lot of fountains and ponds. This
garden is dedicated to Lord Krishna.
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| Kanak Ghati |
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| Kanak Vrindavan |
We also wanted to visit Jal Mahal which
is located in the middle of the Mansagar lake but then, it was closed
for tourist. We could only take some snaps from the bank of the lake.
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| Jal Mahal |
The next palace we visited was the
beautiful Hawa Mahal. It is built of red and pink sandstone and has
small windows known as ‘Jharokhas’. Hawa Mahal is situated in the main
market area of Jaipur.
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| Hawa Mahal |
Our tour of Jaipur ended with the visit to the Birla Mandir.
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| Birla Mandir |
Our tour of Jaipur was really memorable.
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