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| Jaipur | ||
| Country | India | |
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| Residents | 3.073.350 (2011) | |
| height | 431 m | |
| Tourist info | 91 141 2822863 tourism.rajasthan.gov.in/jaipur.html | |
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Jaipur is the capital of indian State Rajasthan. Travelers know them as pink citywhose city center within the city walls was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2019.
background
Jaipur is a relatively young city. It was founded by the Maharajah in 1727 Jai Singh IIwho moved his residence from Amber to Jaipur. In 1853 the city received a visit from Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria of England. On this occasion, the city was painted pink. Since that time, Jaipur is considered to be pink city. Today the city has over three million inhabitants and is the capital of the Indian state of Rajasthan. The old Amber residence is now a suburb.
climate
| Jaipur | Jan | Feb | March | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean highest air temperature in ° C | 23 | 26 | 31 | 37 | 41 | 39 | 35 | 32 | 35 | 34 | 30 | 26 | O | 32.4 |
| Mean lowest air temperature in ° C | 8 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 9 | O | 18 |
| Rainy days in the month | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Σ | 46 |
| Length of sunshine per day | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | O | 8.5 |
https://klima.org/haben/klima-jaipur/ klima.org / Climate / Asia / India / Jaipur | ||||||||||||||
getting there
By plane
- 1 Jaipur International Airport (जयपुर अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय विमानक्षेत्र, Sanganer Airport, IATA: JAI). Tel.: 91 141 2550623, Fax: 91 141 2725215, Email: [email protected].
International airport with two runways and approx. 5 million passengers annually. In addition to internal Indian connections, there are also connections from Bangkok, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Muscat and Sharjah.
By train
- 2 Jaipur Railway Station (जयपुर जंक्शन रेलवे स्टेशन, Jaipur Junction).Jaipur railway station, the most important railway station in Rajasthan.
Rail journeys in India are a special experience. The railway is a "traditional company" that works incredibly precisely. At ticket prices that are so low that I had to calculate several times before I believed that there was no calculation error. Therefore, the trains are usually fully booked weeks in advance, especially the first tier sleepers, which you should definitely use for the journey Delhi - Jaipur. The tickets are available from Indian Railways on the Internet as Online tickets orderable. There you can see the timetable, all classes and the number of places that can still be booked. Attention when departing from Delhi: The train station is not (!) New Delhi, but Old Delhi.
The light displays distributed across the platform tell you where which wagon will come to a stop. Seat arrangement, train arrangement and track can be set up in advance in an app such as Where is my train look up. Travelers without a smartphone take a luggage rack to get to the right platform. He then also knows where the right car is. The trains are very long, but are ready long before departure in Delhi, for example. Once you have found the right car, a computer printout is attached to the door with the names of all those booked.
By bus
- 3 Sindhi Camp Central Bus Stand. Tel.: 91 (0)141 220 79 02.Intercity bus station for ordinary and deluxe Buses.
In the street
Jaipur is a traffic junction on the Indian highway network. Via the National Highways 
NH 8 (Delhi-Mumbai), 
NH 11 (Bikaner-Agra) and 
NH 12 (Jabalpur-Bhopal-Jaipur) is to reach Jaipur.
mobility
- Jaipur Metro (जयपुर मेट्रो रेल). Tel.: 91 141 2822158, Email: [email protected].
Since 2015 there is a first metro line with nine stations in Jaipur (frequency: 10-15 min). In the following years the metro was expanded further. The majority is designed as an elevated railway. The first line is called, due to Jaipur Pink City, as Pink Line designated. The train station is already connected to the metro (metro station Railway station), the airport is not yet. With Sindhi Camp there is also a transition to a popular long-distance bus stop. Tokens can be purchased for single journeys, and a rechargeable smart card is available for more flexible use of the metro. The Tourist Card on offer (₹ 100/1 day or ₹ 200/3 days) has so far only been attractively priced in a few cases.Open: approx. 6.30 a.m.-10 p.m.Price: ₹ 6-18.
Tourist Attractions
For the state-administered sights and museums one can Online tickets book. In addition to single tickets, there is also a combination ticket for a number of popular sights (Amber Fort, Jantar Mantar, Hawa Mahal, Nahargarh Fort, Albert Hall Museum, Isarlat, Sisodia Rani Bagh and Vidhyadhar Bagh), but it is not always worth it. The indicated admission prices refer to an adult foreign traveler.
World Heritage
- 1 Amber Fort (आमेर दुर्ग). Tel.: 91 141 2530293, Email: [email protected].World Heritage: Amber Fort is about 10 km north of Jaipur. Amber was originally the seat of the Maharajas before it was relocated to Jaipur. Amber can be carried up to the fort on the back of magnificently decorated elephants. Once at the top there are numerous pavilions, chattris and courtyards to admire. Deserves special attention Sesh Mahal, the mirror palace. Also the view of the one below the fort Maotha lake with the Mughal Gardens is worth mentioning.Open: daily 8 am-5.30pm; Evening opening: April-September: 7-9.30pm, October-March: 6.30pm-9pm.Price: Entry: ₹ 500, Evening opening: ₹ 100.
- 2 Jantar Mantar (जन्तर मन्तर). Tel.: 91 141 2610494, Email: [email protected].World Heritage: Largest and best preserved of the five observatories built by Jai Singh II. The builder of Jaipur was a passionate astronomer. Immediately by the city palace are the 14 buildings that are used to observe the orbit of the sun and the moon and with the help of which predictions can be made about the arrival of the monsoons.Open: daily 9 am-4.30pm.Price: Entry: ₹ 200.
- 1 Pink City (जयपुर).
World Heritage: Pink dominates as the facade color in the walled city center of the capital of Rajasthan, founded on the drawing board in 1727. The shops with the continuous arcades and the uniform facade design are striking. Vedic, Mughal and Western elements come together here. The visit of the British Crown Prince Albert Edward in 1878 was the reason to paint the city pink as a welcome greeting.
Castles, chateaus and palaces
- 3 Hawa Mahal (हवामहल, Palace of the Winds). Tel.: 91 141 2618033, Email: [email protected].The five-story structure is actually just a facade, which enabled the ladies to watch pageants on the street without being seen themselves. Built in red sandstone, adorned with white lime.Open: daily 9 am-5.30pm.Price: Entry: ₹ 200.
- The front side of the Hawa Mahal on the western side of Ajmer Road is probably one of the most photographed places in Rajasthan. For a good photo from across the street, local merchants offer to visit their shop there on the third floor. It is expected that you will then buy something in the store. Instead, I tried to give the shopkeeper 100 rupees and he was very offended.
- The Hawa Mahal was built in 1799 by Maharaja Pratap Singh with the help of the architect Usta Lal Chand. The peculiarity of the building is the guidance of wind tunnels, which gave the ladies-in-waiting a pleasant atmosphere when visiting the festivities and ceremonies at court. The fifth floor has Hawa in its name, which means "wind".
- 4 City Palace (सिटी पैलेस).Part of the building is still inhabited by the Maharajah and his family and is not accessible. In another part that is Sawai Man Singh Museum housed. In the former guest house Mubarak Mahal is a textile exhibition with, among other things, the robes of the maharajas. The Govind Dev Ji Temple is also located in the City Palace complex.
- 5 Jal Mahal (जल महल, Water palace).Over 250 years ago Maharajah Madho Singh I originally planned a palace in the Rajput style made of pink sandstone as a "hunting lodge" for duck hunting. The water palace stands in the middle of the Mansagar reservoirwhich, however, occasionally dries out. Popular photo motif, in the evening with street food stands on the bank.Open: No access for tourists.
- 6 Jaigarh Fort (जयगढ़ दुर्ग).The fort is located about 15 km from Jaipur immediately above Amber Fort in the Aravalli Mountains. In this fort is the Jaivana cannon, the world's largest cannon on wheels at the time. It was never used.Open: daily 9 am-5pm.Price: Entry: ₹ 85.
- 7 Nahargarh Fort (नाहरगढ़ दुर्ग). Tel.: 91 141 5134038, Email: [email protected].Built in 1734 by Sawai Jai Singh as a defense fort and a retreat for the women of the royal family. North of the city center in the Nahargarh Hills towards Amber Fort. In the main palace, the king's living quarters were connected to the living quarters of his nine concubines by a corridor.Open: daily 10 am-5.30pm.Price: Entry: ₹ 200.
Buildings
- 8 Isarlat (Sargasuli). Tel.: 91 141-2618033, Email: [email protected]. Victory column from 1749.Open: daily 9 am-4.30pm.Price: Entry: ₹ 200.
Museums
- 9 Government Central Museum (अल्बर्ट हॉल संग्रहालय, Albert Hall Museum, Central Museum). Tel.: 91 141 2570099, Email: [email protected].The museum is located in the central part of Jaipur in the park "Ramnivas Garden". It was built in 1876 by Lt. Swinton Jacob built in honor of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Queen Victoria's husband. If the visitor comes from the direction of the Hawa Mahal (Palace of the Winds), he walks on the edge of a wide avenue between Ramniwas Garden and the Zoological Garden towards the stylistically surprising and fantastic building. The style of the same is called Indo-Persian, but is also said to contain essential elements of contemporary English architecture. The museum covers a wide range of exhibits on two floors. The Indian public is very interested in an Egyptian mummy that the governor at the time had transferred. But the early Buddhist (e.g. Boddhisatva) and Hindu (e.g. Shiva) stone sculptures, the miniatures (e.g. Raga Bhairon, although the meaning of this title could not be clarified for me) scroll paintings from Rajasthan, the weapons collection (e.g. Iranian helmet; because of the splendid decorations); the textile patterns and a group of clay figures representing different yoga postures. Possibly as teaching figures? Very nice ceramics from Rajasthan. The architecture of the museum itself is also very interesting.Price: Entry: ₹ 300.
temple
- 10 Lakshmi Narayan Temple (Birla temple)..Skyline-defining Hindu temple made of white marble, built in 1988. The temple is dedicated to Vishnu (also called Narayan) and his companion Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity and happiness.
- 11 Galtaji (गलताजी). Tel.: 91 141 2680951.Galtaji is an old pilgrimage center in the hills near Jaipur, popular with locals and tourists alike. In addition to temples there are pavilions, a spring and water reservoirs for ritual baths. There is also the Ramgopalji Temple, which is used as a monkey temple because of a large rhesus monkey horde residing there (monkey temple) is known.
Parks and gardens
- 12 Sisodia Rani Bagh (सिसोदिया रानी बाग). Tel.: 91 141 2618033, Email: [email protected].Mughal Garden (1728) with fountains, watercourses and pavilions near Jaipur, laid out for the Queen (rani).Open: daily 8 am-8pm.Price: Entry: ₹ 200.
- 13 Vidhyadhar Bagh. Tel.: 91 141 2618033, Email: [email protected]. Historical garden not far west of the Sisodia Rani garden, which is named after Vidyadhar Bhattacharya, the architect of Jaipur.Open: daily 9 am-5pm, evening opening: April-September: 7-9.30pm, October-March: 6.30pm-9pm.Price: Entry: ₹ 200, evening opening ₹ 100.
activities
shop
Traditionally, textiles in Jaipur are printed by hand using block printing. clothes Jaipuri style With this printing technique you can buy ready-made or custom-made (production and delivery to the hotel on the same day). These can be Indian kurtas or western shirts, for example.
kitchen
- 1 Bhookh Adda / Café Confed. Tel.: 91 141 4012067.
Inexpensive vegetarian restaurant with delicious dishes and friendly service.Open: 11 a.m. - midnight.
- For breakfast, e.g. Poha (₹ 40) recommended, in between times Chaach (that's what Lassi is called salty here), and for dinner there is, for example, one Special Thali with dal makhani, paneer butter masala, mixed vegetables, rice, raita, butter tawa chapatis, dessert and salad (₹ 150).
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