Jantar Mantar

At the entrance of City Palace (the main palace) is the Jantar Mantar is the Yantralaya (the place where kings observed the position of stars) of Sawai Jai Singh II who was the last classical astronomer in India. It is one of five observatories founded by in 1716 AD. The others are at Delhi, Ujjain, Mathura and Varanasi. Its massive masonry instruments have extraordinary precision and can still be used to measure local time, the sun's declination, azimuth and height, placing the fixed stars and planets including determining the time of the eclipse of the sun.

City Palace (the main palace)

A stunning blend of traditional Rajasthani and Mughal architecture, this palace is spread over a seventh of the walled city area. The City Palace complex houses several palatial structures in the heart of old city and occupies a large area divided into a series of courtyards, gardens and buildings. With the Chandra Mahal, Shri Govind Dev Temple and a museum. The former king still lives in part of the palace.

Interest intermission

Central Museum, Museum of Indology, Lakshmi Narain Temple, Kanak Vrindavan, Planetorium B: M: Birla, Rajmahal Palace, Rambagh Palace (which is now a luxury hotel), gardens, parks and markets.

Celebrations and Holidays

The festival of Gangaur

This festival in honor of the goddess Parvati (wife of the god Shiva) takes place a few days after Holi (festival of colors), and is celebrated in Jaipur on a grand scale.

The festival of elephants

During the festival of Holi in Jaipur, this festival of pachyderms includes several interesting attractions such as elephant polo. It is a delight for the eyes to see the brightly dressed elephants, painted in the body and decorated with flowers by mahaouts (elephant trainer).

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