Backpacking Jaipur-Day 2 #MemoryLane

Panna meena ka kund was built in 16th century in the backside of the fort as a water resource for the people of amer. Kund is a square-shaped stepwell, with adjoining stairs on all four sides. This unique heritage place has its own charm and attraction with a beautiful contrast of nature and architecture. Stepwell stands with its unique styling of stairs scoring many of tourists to admire this amazing a gem of Jaipur. This place is a perfect sight for photography.

Galtaji is an ancient hindu pilgrimage about 10 km away from jaipur. Temple is unique in its architecture and has been constructed like a palace. It consists of several shrines, holy kunds, pavilions and natural springs. Ethnic groups of monkeys are found at sita ram ji temple as also famous as the monkey temple.

This historical palace was built by maharaja sawai pratap singh in the year 1799.jalmahal also consider as water palace constructed in the middle of the man sagar lake. The building has a picturesque view of the lake and nahargarh hills. Visitors are not allowed to enter the palace still you can enjoy the view of palace by traditional boating in the lake.

Nahargarh fort is located outside the city of Jaipur. The story goes that the fort was named after Nahar Singh, a dead prince whose restless spirit was disrupting construction. Whatever was built in the day crumbled in the night so after prince agreed to leave on condition of the fort will named after him. The best part of fort is step well (stepwell famous in rang de basanti). This step well design is unique one in that there’s no symmetry in kind of steps cut out of the hillside to collect water in. The best time to visit is sunrise or sunset walk to fort where you have to climb the steep, winding 2km path to the top, starting from the end of nahargarh fort road.

Amer is a sub-city of Jaipur. Commonly known as the amber palace one of the top tourist attractions of jaipur .fort sits atop of a small hills of Aravalli hill, and is located at a distance about 11 km from the main city. This magnificent fort comprises an extensive palace complex, built with pale yellow and pink sandstone, and white marble, and is divided into four main sections.