Sunday, September 7, 2008

Jaipur, Rajasthan

Jaipur is the capital of the colorful state of Rajasthan and is almost 260 kilometers from New Delhi . It is very conveniently connected by road, rail and air from the New Delhi. Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan and forms India’s “Golden Triangle of Tourism”.
Jaipur is 260 km from Delhi and 240 km from Agra and forms the most chosen tourism golden triangle of Delhi, Agra and Jaipur.
Jaipur is the largest city in Rajasthan and was built in the eighteenth century by Sawai Jai Singh as India’s first planned city. Jaipur is named after its founder the warrior and astronomer sovereign Sawai Jai Singh II (ruled 1688 to 1744). The decision to move out of his hilltop capital Amer was also compelled by reasons of growing population and paucity of water. Jaipur is one of the most traditional places of India. Jaipur includes a number of heritage hotels. The city of Jaipur is surrounded by the districts of Alwar and Sikar to the north, Sawai and Tonk to the south, Nagaur to the west and Dausa to the east.

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