Jaipur - The Pink City

The city of victory was founded in 1727 A.D. by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh. He was a keen scholar, statesman and patron of the arts. Jai Singh's various talents are clearly exhibited in the city. With the help of a gifted Bengali architect, Vidyadhar Chakravarty, Jai Singh built a new capital south of Amber and named it JAIPUR. Work began in 1727 and took 6 years to complete. Surrounded by a crenellated wall pierced by seven goles, Jaipur is laid out in geometric grid of streets and squares & is one of India's finest examples of a planned city.

Albert Hall

In 1863 A.D., Jaipur was dressed in pink to welcome Prince Albert, concert of Queen Victoria. Since then the city earned the epitaph "The Pink City". A labyrinth of fascinating bazars, opulent palaces and historic sights, Jaipur today has surpassed the earlier limits of chardiwari (Fort-wall) and extends to the very doors of the ancient capital of Amber. Tradition and modernity exists side by side here.

Galta Ji Temple
 

Jewellery, textiles and saris, good made of marble, marble statue, wood, stone, lac, clay, metal & leather. The city is famous for its traditional acumen in jewellery designing, diamond and emerald cutting. Apart from jewellery, handicrafts like paper machine and carved furniture are also extremely popular.

The blue pottery (based on ground quartz) makes use of delicate Persian, Turkish & Indian designs on vases, tiles, surahis, pots, ear-rings, mugs & jugs. Artists create beauty out of brass, white metal, while marble, lac & clay. Leather mojaris (shoes) & bags, toys, dolls & puppets made of cloth are the other handicraft attractions. The city also boasts of carpet making and exquisite feather light Jaipuri quilts.