Places to See
Monuments
Jantar
Mantar
Jantar Mantar is the most famous and elaborate observatory of its time. It was
constructed in the year 1724 A.D. by Sawai Jai Singh II, even before the city
of Jaipur was built, and has been described as the most surrealistic and logical
landscape instone.
It was built to measure the local time, the sun's declination, altitude, the
declination of stars, planets and to determine eclipses.
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Hawa
Mahal
The Hawa Mahal, or the "Palace of Wind" built by Maharaja Sawai Pratap
Singh in 1799 A.D. is characterised by elaborate and fanciful architecture.
The broad pyramidical facade comprises five storeys of semi octagonal overhanging
windows with perforated screens, domes and spires.
