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BY
IBANRI NONGRUM
FOURTH YR B.ARCH
DR B.N.COLL OF ARCH.
JAIPUR THE PINK CITY.
JAIPUR IS CONSIDERED BY MANY URBANISMS TO BE ONE OF THE
BEST PLANNED CITIES IN INDIA. THE CITY WAS ESTABLISHED IN
1729 BY MAHARAJA JAISINGH AS THE NEW CAPITAL OF KACHWAHA
DYNASTY.
IN THE 19TH CENTURY THE CITY GREW RAPIDLY AND
BECAME PROSPEROUS;BY 1900 IT HAD A POPULATION OF
160,000.THE CITYS WIDE BOULEVARDS WERE PAVED AND LIT WITH
GAS. JAIPUR WAS PAINTED PINK BY MAHARAJA MAN SINGH WHEN
PRINCE OF WALES, LATER EDWARD VII, VISITED JAIPUR IN 1876. THE
ROYAL HERITAGE OF JAIPUR LIVES IN ITS ARCHITECTURE AND
CULTURE.
ACCESSIBILITY TO JAIPUR CITY
JAI SINGH AND THE BENGALI GURU
VIDYADHAR(WHO WAS A SHASPATI
HINDU PRIEST ARCHITECT), PLANNED
THE WHOLE TOWN ACCORDING TO THE
PRINCIPLES OF HINDU ARCHITECTURAL
THEORY.
THE TOWN OF JAIPUR IS, IN FACT, BUILT
IN THE FORM OF A EIGHT-PART
MANDALA KNOWN AS THE
PITHAPADA.NINE SIGNIFIES THE 9
PLANETS OF THE ANCIENT
ASTROLOGICAL ZODIAC.
IT IS ALSO KNOWN THAT SAWAI JAI
SINGH WAS A GREAT ASTRONOMER AND
A TOWN PLANNER, AND HENCE THE
PITHAPADA.ALSO, THE COMMERCIAL
SHOPS ARE DESIGNED IN MULTIPLES OF
NINE(27), HAVING ONE CROSS STREET
FOR A PLANET. PLAN OF JAIPUR
CITY PLAN OF JAIPUR