Jaipur (/ˈdʒaɪpʊər/), formerly Jeypore, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. As of 2011, the city had a population of 3.1 million, making it the tenth most populous city in the country. Jaipur is also known as the Pink City, due to the dominant colour scheme of its buildings.
Today, the city is known for its bazaars, forts, temples, palaces, and wildlife sanctuaries.
The City is known for its ancient forts, minarets. Visitor attractions include the Hawa Mahal, Jal Mahal, City Palace, Amer Fort, Jantar Mantar, Nahargarh Fort, Jaigarh Fort, Galtaji, Govind Dev Ji Temple, Garh Ganesh Temple, Sri Kali Temple, Birla Mandir, Sanganeri Gate and the Jaipur Zoo.
Definitely visit Jaipur if you are traveling to India for fun, for sight seeing or for adventure and exploring the country. We will share our experiences of traveling to Jaipur and some of the places to visit in Jaipur and also a few places to visit near Jaipur.
Jaipur is also called the Pink city because all the buildings in the center of the town are painted in pink colour. Jaipur is a historical place and was ruled by the Rajputs in and around 1727 by Raja Jai Singh II, the King of Amber. You can see many forts and palaces in and around Jaipur built by the Rajput Kings. The story about Pink City is that in 1876, the Prince of Wales visited India on a tour. Since the colour pink was symbolic of hospitality, Maharaja Ram Singh of Jaipur painted the entire city pink.
The architecture is very important and very different from the Moghul architecture. We have explained how the designs and paintings are done on the buildings in the Moghul architecture (If you have seen our Agra page). In Rajasthani architecture the technique is completely different. here they use the technique of block printing to paint and design the walls and only natural pigments have been used for this paintings and designs. It’s really interesting because even after 100s of years nothing has changed.
Once in Jaipur you will naturally visit the Amber fort, the City palace, The Jaipur Museum, the jal Mahal & the Hawa mahal. There are tourist desk in every hotel and they have a set list of places where they will take you. These places are historical and definitely worth visiting.
October to March is the best time to visit Jaipur and other parts of Rajasthan as the temperature ranges from 8°C during the night to 32°C during the day.
Month
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High/Low (°C)
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Rain
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January
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21°/8°
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1 day
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February
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27°/10°
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1 day
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March
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29°/15°
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four days
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April
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35°/21°
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1 day
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May
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39°/25°
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0 days
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June
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40°/28°
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four days
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July
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34°/26°
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14 days
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August
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31°/24°
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26 days
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September
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32°/24°
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17 days
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October
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32°/20°
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1 day
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November
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28°/18°
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2 days
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December
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22°/ 8°
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2 days
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There are many luxurious 5 star Hotels available in the City
There is good Public trasportation like Metro facility and If you want to visit at historical places and monuments then private transportation available.
The culture of this city is an excellent amalgamation of convention and cosmopolitanism. The whole city is like its famous heritage monument – “Statue Circle” where the past is blended with the present.
You can enjoy the royal statue of Maharaja Jai Singh here, sip tea and coffee while enjoying the majestic atmosphere all around.
