Jaipur - The City of Victory
The Rose Pink City founded by Maharaja Jai Singh II (1693-1743), is the capital of Rajasthan. It is a big attraction for first-time visitors. Jaipur is surrounded on all sides surrounded by rugged hills, crowned with forts and battlements walls. Houses with latticed windows line the streets with their pink color, lending enchantment to the scene, almost magical at sunset.
City Palace Jaipur
The old town (like the "Pink City") is a great place for hiking. The whole city was painted in pink color by Maharaja Man Singh II when Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, visited Jaipur in 1876 AD. Today, every house in the city is obliged by law to maintain its facade. It is a very well planned city laid out in a grid and was of a young Bengali engineer and scholar by the name "Vidyadhar Bhattacharya" designed.
Jaipur was and remains the only city in the world, symbolizing the nine divisions of the universe, through nine rectangular sectors subdividing it. Jaipur is a royal city and this is his most noticeable aspect, small buildings & festivals testify it.
Jaipur and its surroundings are rather like an endless museum. The city also offers an endless variety of crafts. Jewelers here, still occupied the beautiful Fashion enamel-on-gold pendant, on the reverse with precious stones or pearls & turquoise that one sees in miniature. Jaipur lacquer bangles are famous all over the world. This is a city to be visited.
