Jaipur - Palace on Wheels
The capital of Rajasthan, Jaipur is also known as the 'Pink City' due to beautifully constructed palaces, havelis and forts, all painted in pink. The literal meaning of Jaipur is 'the city of victory', which was built in 1727 by Sawai Jai Singh-II. Jaipur was the first planned city of its time, planned by Vidhyadhar Bhattacharya, a Bengali architect. A strong wall encircles the old city, which was built with an aim to protect the city, even today it has a suggestion of formidable strength. Jaipur has wide straight avenues, roads, streets and lanes and uniform rows of shops on either side of the main bazaars, all arranged in nine rectangular city sectors (chokris). The city itself is an attractive creation worthy of universal admiration.
Work being done behind the scenes..
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Another view of the park, with the palace in the background.
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POW Guides that were with us throughout the week, our guide was the look a like Danny DaVito - sitting center.
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Our POW bus group..we were the best of the 4 groups...right!
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Entering the City Palace a.k.a. Pink Palace
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A palace guard in traditional turban.
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