Thursday 30 January 2014

Jaipur and Jodhpur

The most common entry point into the state of Rajasthan is that of the capital city of Jaipur, which, incidentally, completes the third leg of what is known as the “Golden Triangle,” a popular tourist trail that also included Delhi and Agra (see my previous two posts for these locations).  Originally planned as a walled-in city with a grid-like pattern of streets — the City Palace, or the focal point, being located at the center — the population of the city quickly outgrew its early 1700′s confinement and has since overflowed well outside of the original Old City design.  Additionally, in the late 1800′s, then ruler Maharaja Ram Singh decreed that entire city be painted a pink hue as a welcome to the Prince of Wales who was to visit (pink being the traditional color of welcoming), a legacy which still stands today, lending Jaipur its nickname: The Pink City.





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