Stories near Jaipur, India
21 cached stories in English near Jaipur. Read the sources, then open this city in Explore.
This selection covers places within 20 km of the city centre. It is not a complete guide, a popularity ranking or a claim that every place has a story.
Albert Hall Museum main gate
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This is the main gate of the Albert Hall Museum, the state museum of Rajasthan and the oldest museum in the state. The building behind it was designed by Samuel Swinton Jacob, assisted by Mir Tujumool Hoosein, and opened as a public museum in 1887.
Amber Fort
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Amber Fort is the palace-fortress that rises above Amer, and the first thing to notice is how its large ramparts, gates, and cobbled paths turn the hill itself into part of the defence.
Chandra Mahal
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Chandra Mahal stands inside City Palace, Jaipur, the royal residence and former administrative headquarters of the rulers of the Jaipur State. The most striking thing here is that the palace is a seven-storeyed citadel, and Britannica-style listings place it as part of the City Palace complex, with the royal family...
City Palace, Jaipur
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The City Palace, Jaipur is the royal residence and former administrative headquarters of the rulers of the Jaipur State, and it is still the home of the Jaipur royal family.
Hawa Mahal
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Hawa Mahal is a five-storey palace in Jaipur, built in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh and designed by Lal Chand Ustad. Its most striking feature is the street-facing façade: a honeycomb-like wall of 953 jharokhas, or small windows, with carved sandstone grills, finials, and domes.
Hawa Mahal
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Hawa Mahal is the five-storey palace of Jaipur’s old centre, best known for its honeycomb-like street façade and its 953 jharokhas, the small windows that give it the name “Palace of Winds.” It stands on the edge of the City Palace, Jaipur, and extends to the Zenana, or women’s chambers.
Jaigarh Fort
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This is Jaigarh Fort, the rugged red-sandstone stronghold on Cheel ka Teela, looking down over Amer Fort and Maota Lake. Its most striking feature is the way it sits above the valley as the main defensive structure of the Amer complex, linked to Amer Fort by subterranean passages and treated as one complex with it.
Jaipur
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Jaipur is one of the earliest planned cities of modern India, and the thing to notice first is that it was laid out as a designed capital rather than grown street by street. Jaipur was founded by Sawai Jai Singh II, the Kachhwaha Rajput ruler of Amer, on 18 November 1727, and the city carries his name.
Jal Mahal
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Jal Mahal is the red sandstone palace standing in the middle of Man Sagar Lake, and most of it sits below the waterline, so what you see at first is only the upper part of an artificial island palace.
Jal Mahal
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Jal Mahal is the palace standing in the middle of Man Sagar Lake, and the thing that catches your eye is that it sits like an artificial island in the water rather than on the shore.
Jantar Mantar
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Jantar Mantar is an assembly of stone-built astronomical instruments, and the thing that matters most when you stand here is that they were designed to be used with the naked eye.
Jantar Mantar, Jaipur
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Jantar Mantar, Jaipur is a collection of 19 astronomical instruments, and its most striking feature is the world’s largest stone sundial. Built by the Rajput king Sawai Jai Singh, the founder of Jaipur, the monument was completed in 1734 and spread over about 18,700 square metres.
Mandir Shree Brij Nidhi Ji
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Mandir Shree Brij Nidhi Ji stands inside City Palace, Jaipur, so you are looking at a palace-temple setting rather than a freestanding shrine. The most important thing to notice is the association with Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh and Shri Govind Dev Ji: the temple is linked with royal devotion, and with a story of the...
Panna Meena ka Kund
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Panna Meena ka Kund is the stepwell you’re standing beside in Amber, and the most striking thing about it is the symmetrical stairway pattern dropping down through its deep, geometric tank.
Sanganeri Gate
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Sanganeri Gate is one of the gates of the historic walled Pink City, and this one has three archways in a large, decorated structure that still works as a public thoroughfare. The gate sits on the southern side of Jaipur’s walled city, opening into Bapu Bazaar.
Sheesh Mahal, Amber Fort
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Sheesh Mahal is the mirror palace inside Amber Fort, the part built for the imperial family and famous for intricate mirrorwork. You are standing in one piece of a larger fort-palace complex that began in 1592.
Shri Kali Mata Mandir, Outside Sanganeri Gate, Jaipur
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Shri Kali Mata Mandir stands outside Sanganeri Gate, and the most practical thing to know is that it is open every day from 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM and again from 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM. This is a Kali temple, and Kali is a form of Devi, the Sanskrit word for goddess.
Shri Tatkaal Bhairav Mandir
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Shri Tatkaal Bhairav Mandir is a Hindu temple on Mirza Ismail Rd, and it’s a place primarily dedicated to Shiva. The clearest practical thing to know is that it opens every day from 4:00 AM to 9:00 PM, so it is set up for early darshan as well as evening visits.
Sri Radha Vinodi Lal Ji Mandir
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Sri Radha Vinodi Lal Ji Mandir is a small Gaudiya Vaishnava temple in Jaipur’s old Tripolia Bazar area, and the shrine you see is tied to the Radha Vinoda deities traditionally served by Srila Lokanatha Goswami. The temple belongs to the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, and its worship centers on Sri Sri Radha Vinoda.
The City Palace
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The City Palace is the royal residence and former administrative headquarters of the rulers of the Jaipur State, and the most striking thing about it is that it is still home to the Jaipur royal family while also housing the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum.
Tripolia Gate
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Tripolia Gate is the ceremonial gateway between the palace and the bazaar in old Jaipur, and its arches still frame the route royal processions used to take out into the city.
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