Jaipur, the Amazing Capital City of Rajasthan.

Terry Hodgkinson aka “wandering ninja” shows clips of amazing sites in the magnificent capital city of Jaipur. “Wow so much to see and do in this well laid out city. I learned so much being here and the ambience of this city was quite different than any of the other cities we stayed at in Rajasthan” – Terry www.InnerOuterYou.com Background: Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, which once had been the capital of the royalty now is the capital city of Rajasthan. It is the largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber. Jaipur is one of the finest planned cities of India, located in the semi-desert lands of Rajasthan. The very structure of Jaipur resembles the taste of the Rajputs and the Royal families. At present, Jaipur is a major business centre with all requisites of a metropolitan city. The city is remarkable among pre-modern Indian cities for the width and regularity of its streets which are laid out into six sectors separated by broad streets 111 ft (34 m) wide. The urban quarters are further divided by networks of gridded streets. Five quarters wrap around the east, south, and west sides of a central palace quarter, with a sixth quarter immediately to the east. The Palace quarter encloses a sprawling palace complex, (Hawa Mahal), formal gardens, and a small lake. Nahargarh Fort, which was the residence of the King Sawai Jai Singh II, crowns the hill in the northwest corner of …