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Attractive monuments, beautifully laid out gardens and parks, palaces, the ambling camels and the cheerful people in multi hued costumes make a trip to the pink city a memorable one.
The City Palace is one of the most important landmarks in Jaipur. The palace complex has numerous buildings, courtyards, impressive gateways and temples. It occupies one seventh of the walled city of Jaipur and the buildings are built with a blend of Rajput and Mughal architecture. The palace houses Sawai Jai Singh's seven story high Chandra Mahal moon palace popularly known as the city palace, Mubarak Mahal, the Diwan-e-Aam and Diwan-e-Khas. The former ruling family still lives in the Chandra Mahal.
The outer courtyards with Mubarak Mahal, Sarvatobhadra and Diwan Khanna and the ground floor halls of Pritam Niwas and the inner courtyard have been converted into a public museum, the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum. The museum houses an extensive collection of rare manuscripts, Mughal and Rajasthani miniatures, Mughal carpets, costumes and textiles, arms and weapons, objects of art and royal belongings. The giant silver Gangajalis displayed in the open Sarvatobhadra building were fabricated in the court workshops for Sawai Madho Singh II to carry holy water of Ganges to England.
The tower dominating the skyline on the western side of Tripolia Bazar was the highest structure in the walled city. Sawai Ishwari Singh built it in 1749 to commemorate an important victory when he acceded to throne defeating other pretenders in the court.
Moti Doongri is a privately owned hilltop fort built like a Scottish castle. The Ganesh Temple at the foot of the hill and the large and modern Birla Lakshmi Narayan Temple built in marble are also noteworthy.
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