Very well known as "Pink City", for its building colors.JAIPUR is the capital and the largest city of the Rajasthan state. We had booked our trip 3 months before through "Travel Triangle".
The beautiful palace was built by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh.It is placed in center of the Jaipur city which is somehow crowded area.The ticket was 200 rupees per person which quite expensive. We had obesrrved the palaces in the Rajsthan well maintained and clean. You can opt for audio guide from the ticket counter. It will charm you with unique architecture. The gate with different designer and carvings over it will surely fascinate you. You would just able to see pink shade everywhere.
Hawa Mahal : Heart of Jaipur
The most famous structure in the Jaipur which does not require introduction. It was made up of red and pink sandstone. The structure was built in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh, the grandson of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh, who was the founder of Jaipur. The original reason to built this architecture was to allow royal ladies to observe the festivals celebrated in the street below without being seen directly by anybody else. The royal ladies had to follow the rules of not appearing in the public without covering faces.
We had seen from the outside only due to pack of time. It is one of the oldest museum of the state. The ticket price is 40 rupees per indian person. It also known as central museum. Highely recommended to visit in the evening and we did so . The night light show was worth watching.The colorful lightings are installed outside of the museum.
It also known as Laxmi Narayan Mandir. It built by white marble. A very peaceful place for worship. The photography was not allowed inside the temple. The shoe stand counter was just before entering the temple area.The park was at the entrance of the campus. Greenery around the temple.
It was similar like Khau Galli. Had lot of food shops with varieties of street food like chat, increams, coffee,south indian dishes,dal bati,chole bhatore and what not. The crowded place and people were enjoying the food with their friends and families. The ambience was good. 10 rupees entry fee per person.
After had a breakfast we went Amer Fort around 9 o'clock in the morning.It is best time to visit.A must visit place in Jaipur.It is a huge, beautiful and well maintained.We had booked cab so went directly up. Their was option to go by rickshaw, not sure about the rent.The large parking area.A short walk to enter into area of fort from parking.We had collected tickets from counter ,worth rupees 300 per head and also took guide who charged 400 rupees.The large open space where we saw 2-3 elephants and some people were enjoying ride.We walked up and entered into the large gate and shown tickets.There onwards the actual fort started.We saw sheesh mahal,sukh mahal,zenana for royal women,Man singh palace,hammam ,view of jaipur city from fort etc.
Sheesh mahal is made of mirrors and light reflections on the mirrors looks like stars twinkling.
Construction of fort started by Raja Man Singh in 16th century and completed by Sawai Jai Singh in 18th century.
We check-out at hotel and went Nahargarh.This place is famous for sunset point , but we did not stay their till evening.It was almost 5 km from Amer Fort.It was built by Sawai Jai Singh II.The city view from Nahargarh fort was mesmerizing.
The Madhavendra Bhawan, built by Sawai Madho Singh had suites for the queens of Jaipur and at the head was a suite for the king himself.It was connected through corridors and which used for
Jaipur wax museum is yet another attraction was built on the left side at the entrance of Nahargarh fort.
The fort was built by in 1726 to protect the Amer Fort.
Tourist can not visit Jal Mahal but we can enjoy the view of Jal Mahal by boat riding. There were shops around Jal Mahal.We took rajsthani cloths on rent and clicked pictures.
We ate dal bati & rajsthani thali as we known which famous in Rajasthan.After that we did street shopping near Hawa Mahal.We moved to the famous mall in Jaipur after shopping.It was a big mall.We stayed their till 9 o'clock and we came railway station around 10 pm for our next journey.
Bye Bye Jaipur ! See U next time !
Early morning we reached Udaipur : The city of Lakes. It was too cold, we check-in at hotel
The well maintained hotel, we had breakfast around 9 am in the hotel. Later we left for sightseeing. Very first we went Fateh Sagar Lake.
. It is an artificial lake named after Maharaja Fateh Singh of Udaipur and Mewar. It had boating facilities. We don't need to pay fee for Fateh Sagar Lake. But if you want to go Nehru Garden , you have to take boat to reach there.
We had taken boat ride to reach here .A oval shaped island present in the middle of Fateh Sagar. From here you can enjoy the view of Lake. The calm and cool environment.But it was not much maintained like drinking water not available. Otherwise I loved the greenery.
After that we reached next garden.This garden made by king to his princess. Beautiful garden to visit of you are nature lover. At the entrance we could able to see the butterfly made of plants. The flowers pots were decorated amazingly. Well decorated and maintained. Different types of plants were there . Full of greenery view.We reached there in the afternoon but we did not felt hot. So cool and peaceful places due to the fountains.
Next day we started our journey towards Mount Abu which is situated 150kms away from Udaipur. The only one hill station in Rajsthan. We had already booked cab for traveling. It is surrounded by forest and set on the high rocky plateau. It took almost 2-3 hrs to reach there.
It was 15 KMS away from Mount Abu. It is the highest peak of aravali range. There were almost 300 steps to reach Guru Shikhar to reach top of the mountain where a temple and a big Bell was present.
The temple is 2 kms away from Mount Abu. This is on of the finest Jain temple in India. The temple is just mesmerizing. The architecture and marble carving is amazing. You would just have questions in mind how they had made it. The photography was not allowed. You have to keep all your belongings at the entrance only in the cupboard before entering into temple.Food stalls and shopping options were available around temple.
Later we went honeymoon point , it was rocky place.
It is popular spot to visit in mount abu to watch scenic view of sunset. Don't remember the exact entry fee but it was around 50 rupees. We had Walked for almost 2 kms from the ticket counter for it. Large numbers of people were there waiting for sunset. Some people was selling the fast foods.The climate was really cool.
Next we returned Udaipur to cover remaining places specially City Palace.It is located on the bank of Lake Pichhola.300 rupees entry fee per adult.Timing from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm.
