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Jaipur, popularly known as the Pink City,
was built in 1727 AD by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh
II. Designed in accordance with Shilp Shastra
- an ancient Hindu treatise on architecture -
Jaipur follows a grid system. The old city is
surrounded by a massive wall pierced by magnificent
doorways. Upon arrival check in at Hotel .Your
tour of Jaipur takes you to Hawa Mahal, or "Palace
of Winds". Continue to City Palace, characterized
by balconies, tiny windows, cupolas, courtyards
and arched entrances. It now houses an excellent
collection of Rajasthani costumes, miniatures,
and in armory of weapons. The Maharajah's observatory
looks like a collection of abstract sculputes,
but is in fact a collection of effective instruments
for studying the heavens. Overnight at Hotel.
Today morning we visit the Amber Fort in the Aravali
Hills, which is a super example of Rajput (Medieval
Hindu) style architecture. A slow elephant ride
takes us to the top of the Fort, which houses
several graceful buildings and temple.
Afternoon at leisure. In the evening, we visit
Chokhi Dhani where an ethnic village atmosphere
is recreated each evening with thousands of oil
lamps, folk dancers, arobats, snake charmers,
puppeteers etc. Overnight at the Hotel.
After Breakfast Drive to Ranthambore ,This exciting
journey through the countryside by train takes
us to Ranthambore, nearly a thousand - year -
old fortress. Countless battles have raged around
these walls. The Great Mughal emperor Akbar laid
siege here and built Lake Palace, summer gardens,
temples, mosques, tombs and hunting towers, all
overrun now by grass and shrubs. Today leopards
and tigers prowl the ruins Overnight at Resort
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