Jaipur

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Jaipur

2006

Amber Fort Elephant Ride Hindu Temple Home Dinner Jaipur Palace Jantar Mantar Palace of the Winds Textiles

 

Amber Fort

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Jaipur, city, northern India, capital of Rājasthān State. The city is within an agricultural and mining region and is an important transportation junction and commercial center for the area. A large banking business, railroad workshops, and plants producing jewelry and textiles are here. The city follows a grid plan, with rectangular blocks created by broad intersecting avenues and streets. It is surrounded by a fortified wall about 6 m (about 20 ft) thick. Among places of interest are an astronomical observatory, the vast palace of the maharajas, and the University of Rājasthān (1947). Other institutions of higher learning, including a free college and a school of art, are also located in the city. Jaipur was founded in 1728 and was the capital of the former Jaipur State, until the state was made a part of Rājasthān in 1949. Population (1991) 1,458,483.

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Palace of the Winds

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Jaipur Palace

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celestial instrument at Jantar Mantar

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buying a snack

 

fruit vendor

 

foraging cows

 

water buffalo milk market

 

cow drawn cart

 

public convenience

 

cleansing the lawn

 

horse cart

 

busy street

 

local dignitary

 

water pots

 

Mughal minaret
"Minaret Piercing Heaven"
Iswari Minar Swarga Sul

 

 

Palace of the Winds

 

Hindu temple

 

Hindu White Temple

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interior room at the Rambagh Palace hotel

 

interior of a home of the Kshatriyas caste

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block print fabric

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