Rajasthan
Cities/Jaipur
Jaipur
The City of Victory was
originally Sawai Jaipur, named after its founder Sawai Jai
Singh II (1700-1743). It epitomises the dreams of the
visionary Kachhwaha ruler, who wanted to build a new and
planned capital city; and the creative ideas of his
talented designer builder Vidyadhar. In course of
time the sunset-pink tinge of its walls, buildings,
temples and emporia gave it the name Pink City, the name
in which it became famous throughout the world. Jaipur was
built by Vidyadhar in a grid system with wide straight
avenues, roads, streets and lanes and uniform rows of
shops on either side of the main bazars, all arranged in
nine rectangular city sectors (chokris). The city
itself is an attractive creation worthy of universal
admiration. The principal monuments of Jaipur are
concentrated in the centrally situated palace sector (Chokri
Sarhad) in and around the City Palace.
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