JAIPUR INFORMATION

The Rose Pink City founded by Maharaja Jai Singh II (1693-1743), is the capital of Rajasthan. It is a major attraction for the first-time visitor. Jaipur is surrounded on all sides by rugged hills, crowned with forts & enclosed by embattled walls. Houses with latticed windows line the streets with their rose pink colour, lending enchantment to the scene which is almost magical at sunset.

The Old City (Known as the Pink City) is a great place to wander around. The whole city was painted in Pink colour by Maharaja Man Singh II when Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, visited Jaipur in 1876. Today, every home within the city is obliged by law to maintain his facade. It is a very well planned city laid out in a grid pattern and was designed by a Young Bengali engineer and scholar by the name "Vidyadhar Bhattacharya".

Jaipur was and remains the only city in the world, symbolising the nine divisions of the universe, through nine rectangular sectors sub-dividing it. Jaipur is a royal city & this is its most noticeable aspect, small Buildings & festivals testify to it.

Jaipurites love outing. Whenever they find some time, they go to the surrounding hills and valleys that provide innumerable picnic spots. In the rainy season it becomes a kind of phenomenon. Goths, as the picnics are called in local language, seem to leave nobody in the city on the holidays. People go in groups to the spots scattered all around the city and enjoys throughout the day with local cuisine (Mainly Dal-Baati-Churmaa) prepared at the very spot.

Jaipur has been very famous for culture. Jaipur culture is very rich. In Jaipur there are BHATT FAMILY renounced as TAMASHA FAMILY residing in bramhapuri at old city.

Jaipur has been a stronghold of the opposition Bharatiya Janta Party. The Indian National Congress has till date has won only two of 14 parliament elections. Maharani Gayatri Devi has been an MP from Jaipur thrice, with the highest margin recorded by the Genius Book of World Record. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat has been an MLA from Jaipur thrice. BJP's Girdhari Lal Bhargav has been MP for 6 terms continuously, yet another record.

Jaipur is considered by many urbanists to be one of the best planned cities. In an era when most of the Rajputs were busy fighting with each other, Jaipur's kings diplomatically broadened their control sphere maintaining good relations with the Mughals.

The city was planned according to Indian Vastu Shastra (Vedic Planning for the comfort and prosperity of the citizens). The directions of each street and market are East to West and North to South. The Eastern gate is called Suraj (Sun) Pol, while the Western gate is called Chand (Moon) Pol.

There are three gates facing East, West, and North and a Northern gate (known as Zorawar Singh gate) which faces toward the ancestral capital of Amber, while many gates face South.