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Rajasthan Government
Jaipur Jodhpur
Udaipur Ajmer Bikaner
Alwar Kota
Pali Sriganganagar
Jaipur, the Pinkcity, is the capital city of
Rajasthan. One of the first planned city of the world, Jaipur is popular for
its forts, wide roads, Choupars (Squares), Choukadies (Sectors), Havelies
and street markets. This largest city of Rajasthan was founded by Maharaja
Sawai Jai Singh II, the rural of Amber in 1727. Today Jaipur is the 12th
biggest city of India in term of population.
The city was planned by Bengali architect Vidyadhar Bhattacharya. Old city
is surrounded by a parkota (wall). There are many darwajas (Gates) which
connect old city with new. Main gates are Chandpole, Surajpole, Tripolia,
Sanganeri gate, Ajmeri gate and Jorawar Singh gate. City is planned in a peculiar
grid system. Streets are laid out in nine chokadies. Each chokadi has small
streets crossing each other at 90 degree angle.
Old city has many places of tourist interest like Jantar mantar(
Observatory), Hawa mahal, City Palace, Sarga Suli, Govind Dev temple. First
residence of king- Nahargarh is situated on top of a hill adjacent to city.
Amer or Amber fort, the ancestor capital is also very popular among
tourists.
Jaipur is well connected with Delhi by air, train and bus routes. Today
Jaipur is one of the biggest business center of north India.
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Air Services
Jaipur has
International Airport in southern part of city. There
are two terminals at Jaipur Airport: Terminal
1, for international flight and Terminal
2, for domestic flights. Airlines
operating from this airport are : Jet
Airways, Kingfisher
Airlines,
Go
Air, Air
India, Spice
Jet, Indigo,
Air
Arabia and
Oman
Air. From Jaipur flights are available for Dubai, Sharjah,
Muscat, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad,
Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Pune, Jammu, Srinagar and
Guwahati.
Jaipur
Airport- General Information AAI
Jaipur
Airport- Flight Schedule ixigo.com
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Trains
Jaipur
station deals with 88 BG & 22 MG trains and 35,000 passengers
in a day. 20 trains starts and 20 trains ends their journey in
Jaipur. 73 trains pass through this station. Passengers can find
direct train connection for Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata (Howrah),
Jabalpur, Puri, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Coimbatore,
Varanasi, Secunderabad, Indore, Pune, Mysore, Agra, Bareilly,
Guwahati, Ranchi, Gwalior and many more important cities of India.
Head Quarter of North
Western Railway is also situated in Jaipur.
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/ Seat Reservation
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Road Transport
Jaipur
is we connected with Delhi, Agra and Ajmer with highways. National
Highway 8 and 11 passes through the city. Rajasthan State Road
Transport Corporation (RSRTC)
is official transport facilitator of the state. It runs Volvo, Air
conditioned, Delux, Express and ordinary buses to neighboring
states and within the state of Rajasthan. Besides RSRTC,
many private companies also provides bus services to various
cities. The most popular way of reaching from Delhi is
journey by car. It takes 4 hr. to travel from Delhi to Jaipur by
car. Car rental services in Delhi provides chauffeur driven
cars to Jaipur.
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Enquiry-
Phone Nos.
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Taxi
There
are Dozens Taxi service providers in Jaipur. They either offers
package service from one spot to another or charge rates on per
kilometer basis. Rates depends on what type of vehicle you want to
book.
Useful
information on Taxi services in Jaipur Infotaxi.org
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Star Hotels
There
are a number of star hotels in Jaipur. A Tentative list is being
provided here.
Jai
Mahal Place
Rajputana
Palace Sheraton
Rajvilas
Rambagh
Palace
Country
Inn and Suites
Clarks Amer
Jaipur Palace
Le
Meridien
Mansingh
Palace
Trident
Ashok
Marriott
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Budget Hotels
A
comprehensive list of budget hotels of Jaipur is available at hotelsjaipur.net
. Beside Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation (RTDC) also
runs a few budget hotes in Jaipur. These are Gangaur
Jheel
Tourist Village
Swagatam
Teej
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Guest Houses
A
list of Guest House is available at hotelsjaipur.com
list of some other guest houses is also available at wikitravel.org
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Dharmshalas
Telephone
Nos. of some Dharmshalas of Jaipur are given here.
Gujrati Samaj Bhavan 0141-2363660
Maheshwari Dharmshala 0141- 2316802
Sagarmal Modi Charitable Trust 0141-2374450
Shri Digambar Jain Munijagh Samiti 0141-2314663
Shri Khandelwal Dharmshala 0141- 2320213
Jamat Khana Jamiathur Qureshi,
Sanganeri
Gate,Moti Doongri Road, Jaipur
Shri Vichakshan Smitri Bhawan Trust Dharamshala 0141-2613605
Banjee Lal
Tholia Dharamshala 0141 2564932
Agarwal Janak Bhawan Dharamshala Trust 0141-2611225
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Palaces
Official website of
Rajasthan tourism gives all details of palaces and forts of
Jaipur. Entry timing, fee details are also available.
City
Palace
Jaigarh
Fort
Nahargarh
Fort
Amber
Fort
Samod
Palace
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Temples
Galtaji
Govind
Devji Temple
Moti
Doongari Temple
Birla
Temple
Tarkeshwar
Mahadev Temple
Sitaramji
Temple, Galtaji
Shri
Dadudwara Temple
Shri
Jagat Shiromani Temple
Shri
Pratapeshwar Temple
Shila
Devi, Amer
Brajnidhi
Temple
Ramchandraji Temple
Goverdhan
Nathji Temple
Goverdhan
Nathji, Chaura Rasta
Chandpole Hanumanji Temple
Some
other important temples in Jaipur are Khol ke
Hanumanji, Amba
Mataji Ka Mandir, Charbujaji Ka Mandir, Jagat Shiromani Temple,
Iskon Lord Krishna Temple, Kalki Temple, Kalla Hanuman
Mandir and Tarkeshwar Mahadev.
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Markets
Like
other older cities
of the country,
in Jaipur
also you can enjoy shopping in
both traditional
and modern markets.
Located
within the parkota (old city wall)
are
the beautiful but
crowded markets.
The architecture
is unique in
these markets. Every
shop have same texture, same outer
design and similar sign boards. Main markets of perkota
includes Johari Bazar, Chaura Rasta, Kishanpole Bazar, Tripolia
Bazar, Sire dyodhi Bazar, Ramganj Bazar and Chandpole Bazar.
Traditional
Markets of Jaipur
Shopping
Malls at Jaipur
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Gardens
Construction
of picturesque
gardens has been
a tradition of Jaipur since its foundation.
According to the annual report on the administration of the Jaipur
state, there was 50 gardens in Jaipur in 1940s. Some important
gardens were- Jai
Niwas garden, Dhuleshwar bagh, Gulab bagh, Kanota bagh,
Uniyara garden, Diggi bagh, Golechha garden etc. Many of these
garden have now converted in to colonies. Besides- there are some
garden palaces like- Sisodia
Rani ka bagh, Vidyadhar
bagh, Ram bagh, Ram
Niwas garden, Kesar
kyari. Some garden developed in recent time by state
government or by private trusts. These includes Kanak
Vrindavan, KC
Kulish smriti Van, Central
park, Ashok Vihar, Jhalana park, Jal
Dhara, Musical
Fountain(Jawahar Circle) etc.
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Handicraft
Jaipur
is a paradise for handicraft lovers. Although there are a number
of handicraft showrooms in the city, but if you really want to get
maximum value of your money, you will have to walk on crowded
streets of old city. Camel leather footwear, tie and dye printed
textile, marble, ceramics and brass items, iron and wooden
showpieces can be seen showcased on small shops.
Blue
Pottery
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Jewellery
The
shining jewels of
Jaipur city is
famous worldwide.Shopping
experience can never be considered complete without visiting
Jewellery shops of Jaipur.Johari Bazaar is the world famous
jewellery market of the city. You can find Gold, silver, diamonds,
emeralds and all type of precious and semi precious gem jewllery
in different shapes and sizes here. Jewellery lovers also name
Jaipur as Emerald city. Kundan and Minakari jewelry of
Jaipur is famous worldwide.
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Garments
You
can find variety of
garments in Jaipur.
From traditional
wears to modern
western
outfits, clothing of
every kind
is available
in its
markets.
Large variety of tie & dye, block printed
garments is available
in markets like Johari
Bazaar, Bapu Bazaar
and MI Road.
On the other hand, one can find world's finest
brands of clothing
in the modern malls
of the city.
Costumes
and dresses
General
apparel shops
Women
clothing
Departmental
Stores
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Music
In
the development
of Indian music
contribution of Jaipur have been very remarkable,
musicians of
Jaipur who had
enormous impact on music
of the modern era
include-
Veena player Razzab Ali, Dhruvpad singer Bahram Khan, Amir Baksh,
Sitar player Rahim Sen, Amrit Sen, Haidar Khan, Mohemmad Ali
Kothiwale, Acharya Harivallabhacharya, Singer Kallan Khan and many
more. Besides traditional musicians, Jaipur's
many emerging musicians IS
keeping great traditions of the city.
Many of them have
earned international fame. Few sites-
salilbhatt.com/
ghungaroo.com/kathak2.html
ghungaroo.com/music.html
jaipurjaipur.com/shopping-in-jaipur/music-shops-in-jaipur.html
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Books
jaipurliteraturefestival
jaipurtravel.com/jaipur-book-stores.htm
grotal.com/Jaipur/Book-Publishers-C69/
Fiction
books at Jaipur
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Festivals
wondersofrajasthan.com/destinations/jaipur/jaipur-festival.html
Elephant
Festival
Gangaur
Teej
Kite
Festival
local109.in/jaipur/travel/fairs-festivals
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