Place

Jaipur

Rajasthan · India

From the older Rajput court at Amer to Jai Singh II’s planned eighteenth-century city of Jaipur, with architecture, astronomy, craft and modern Rajasthan.

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Hawa Mahal

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Photographs from the architectural archive, selected for this destination. Original camera references are preserved.

Blue decorative architectural interior at City Palace, Jaipur. — Inside the Blue Room. (IMG_0412)

Blue decorated walls and architectural details at Jaipur City Palace. — Details in blue. (IMG_0411)

An architectural entrance and visitors in Jaipur; individual gate identification unconfirmed. — At an entrance in Jaipur. (IMG_0398)

People passing near historic architectural structures in Jaipur; individual gate identification unconfirmed. — A passage through the city. (_DSC1705)

Decorative palace architecture at Jaipur City Palace. — Colour across the palace walls. (IMG_0409)

Architectural detail in the City Palace complex in Jaipur. — Within the palace complex. (IMG_0410)

The honeycomb-like windowed façade of Hawa Mahal, Jaipur. — The many windows of Hawa Mahal. (_DSC1606)

An oblique view of the honeycomb-like façade of Hawa Mahal in Jaipur. — The Hawa Mahal from an angle. (IMG_0362)

The Jal Mahal palace standing in Man Sagar Lake, Jaipur, seen through haze. — Jal Mahal across the lake. (IMG_0395)

Albert Hall Museum in Jaipur with birds and traffic in the foreground. — Birds and movement before Albert Hall. (IMG_0432)

Albert Hall Museum in Jaipur, with birds in the air and traffic along its frontage. — The museum and the moving city. (_DSC1805)

Visitors near the white stone structure of Birla Mandir in Jaipur. — Visitors at Birla Mandir. (IMG_0442)

A further view of Jaipur’s architectural setting. — Another perspective on Jaipur. (IMG_0447)

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Jaipur and Amer: Court, City and Rajasthan

From the older Rajput court at Amer to Jai Singh II’s planned eighteenth-century city of Jaipur, with architecture, astronomy, craft and modern Rajasthan.