CITY PALACE

JAIPUR
 INTRODUCTION & HISTORY
(CITY PALACE) attributed to two architectures namely, Vidyadhar
Bhattacharya, the chief architect in the royal court
• Blessed with the beauty of urban layout, City Palace and Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob. And, with the roll of
is more than just a tourist destination; it is an time, the palace has been enlarged and adapted
excellent example of design, art, and creativity that over the centuries.
can be elaborated as an exquisite symbol.
• The City Palace is laid in a grid pattern with wide
• City Palace is a complex of courtyards, gardens, and avenues in the central-northeast part of Jaipur City.
buildings situated right at the centre of the Old city.
• The architecture is a fusion of Indian, Mughal-Rajput,
• City Palace, Jaipur, includes the Chandra Mahal and and somewhat European styles that you can witness
Mubarak Mahal palaces and other buildings, is a in every corner of the palace.
palace complex in Jaipur, Rajasthan.
• The complex of city palace houses the most
• It was the seat of the// Maharaja of Jaipur, the head prominent structures often visited are Pritam Niwas
of the Kachwaha Rajput clan, Chowk, Mubarak Mahal, Mukut Mahal, Chandra
Mahal, Maharani’s Palace, Shri Govind Dev Temple
• The Chandra Mahal palace now hoses a museum,
and Museum.
but the greatest part of it is still a royal residence.
• The entrance gates of the Palace are Virendra Pol,
• The palace complex, located northeast of the centre
Udai Pol near Jaleb Chowk and the Tripolia Gate
of the grid-patterned Jaipur city, incorporates an
(triple gate).
impressive and vast array of courtyards, gardens and
buildings.
• The palace was built between 1729 and 1732,
initially by Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber. He
planned and built the outer walls, and later additions
were made by successive rulers continuing up to the
20th century.
• The credit of the modern layout of the royal palace is
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 LOCATION
LOCATION
• The City Palace is in the central-northeast part of the
Jaipur city, which is laid in a grid pattern with wide
avenues.
• The city was planned according to the Prastara
type of layout which gives prominence to the
cardinal directions.
• The palace building covered two blocks, the town six
and the remaining ninth block was not usable on
account of steep hills. So this North- West ward was
transferred to the South-East corner of the city making
the shape of the plan as a whole asymmetrical rather
than square.

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LOCATION
• It is a unique and arresting complex of several palaces, pavilions,
gardens and temples.
• Surrounded by Jantar Mantar, Govind Dev Ji Temple and Hawa
Mahal it lies in the heart of the city.
• The most prominent and most visited structures in the complex
are the Chandra Mahal, Mubarak Mahal, Mukut Mahal,
Maharani's Palace, Shri Govind Dev Temple and the City Palace
Museum.

Govind Dev Ji Temple

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Jantar Mantar
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Entrance
Diwan-I-Khas

Pritam Chowk Diwan-I-Aam

Mubarak Mahal

Entrance

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 PLAN-CITY PALACE

Entrance gate
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3D VIEW-CITY PALACE

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Pritam Chowk

Diwan-I-Khas

Mubarak Mahal

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 ENTRANCE

Entrance gate- Udai Pol, near Jaleb Chowk

• Entrance gate- Virendra Pol, through which

Mubarak Mahal can be seen.

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 MUBARAK MAHAL
LOCATION
• Mubarak Mahal, meaning the 'Auspicious Palace‘.
• Built by Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh II in the 19th
century as a reception centre.
• Its multi-arched and collonaded construction were
plotted up in an Islamic; Rajput and European stylistic
stew by the architect Sir Swinton Jacob. It now forms a
part of the Maharaja Sawai Mansingh II Museum,
containing a collection of royal costumes, sanganeri
block prints, silk saris and premium shawls, including
Kashmiri pashmina.

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 MUBARAK MAHAL

Mubark Mahal- Reception area where

foreign dignitaries were welcomed.

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 RAJENDRA POL

• Just to the right of the Mubarak Mahal, beautifully ornated

marble gateway- RAJENDRA POL that leads to the hall of public
audience (Diwan-i-Khas) and inner sections of the palace
complex.

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RAJENDRA POL

• This gate is flanked by huge white elephants that have

been sculpted by a single marble stone.
• The Mahout sitting in front of the sculpted howdah and
the natural looking flairs and folds of the Caparison are all
intricately chiseled.

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 PRITAM CHOWK
• Pritam Chowk is the gateway and passage to the inner
courtyard.
• The gateway is flaked by beautifully carved doors on either
side.
• The colourful and intriguing aspect of this section is the four
differently themed and well-designed gates through which
the Maharaja of Jaipur used to enter Chandra Mahal.
• Each gate is dedicated to a particular Hindu God and depicts
the four seasons prevailing in the region.

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 PRITAM CHOWK
• Autumn Season
• The northeastern peacock gate represents autumn.
• It is decorated elaborately with colourful and
intricate frescoes with peacock images and has a
small marble idol of lord Vishnu on its lintel.
• Summer Season
• The Lotus Gate in the southwest is adorned
with colorful lotus petals and flower patterns.
• It represents the summer and has a marble
idol of Goddess Devi on its lintel
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 PRITAM CHOWK
• Spring Season • Winter Season
• The third gate is on the northwest side of the • The Fourth gate is dedicated to Lord Shiva and
courtyard. represents the Winter Season.
• It is also called the Lehariya (waves) gate as it has • It has dramatic roses painted on the frescoes.
waves patterned around it.
• It is green-color indicating spring and is dedicated
to Lord Ganesha who sits as marble idol on the
lintel.

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 CHANDRA MAHAL
• It is the seven-storeyed Chandra Mahal, the
primary residence of the Maharaja of Jaipur
within the city palace.
• Each floor has been given a specific name
such as the Sukh-Niwas, Ranga-Mandir,
Pitam-Niwas, Chabi-Niwas, Shri-Niwas, Shri-
Niwas and Mukut Mahal.

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 DIWAN-I-KHAS
• Also known as Sarvotra Bhadra (Hall of the Commons/
Public audience)
• It is an open pink- pavilion with stout columns and
surrounded by wide pathways and marble floor.
• It has an entrance through Rajendra Pol.
• The pavilion is flanked on four sides by beautiful lamp-
posts chiseled out of red- sandstone.

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 SABHA NIWAS
• Also known as Diwan-i-Aam.
• It encompasses the Art-Gallery- showcases original
furniture, artworks, lights and a special display of
ceremonial garments and medals.
BAGGI KHANA
• Sabha Niwas opens to the Baggi Khana just outside-
housing the handicraft shops and the transport
gallery that showcases some of the transport
collections of the bygone ea.
• Bagghi Khana is a museum in the palace complex
where a collection of old carriages, palanquins and
European cabs adopted as baggis to Indian situations
are on display here
• It has been built in true Mughlai style.
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