PRESENTED BY :-

Mansa Chaudhary
(movers 2D)
HAWA MAHAL
INTRODUCTION
• Hawa Mahal is the most popular monument
of Jaipur, located in Tripolia Bazar in the
west of GPO.
• It is also known as the “The Palace of Winds”
• It was built in 1799 A.D by
Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh son of
Sawai Madhoo Singh.
INTRODUCTION
• Sawai Pratap Singh was a great devotee
of Lord Krishna and he dedicated this
mahal to Lord Krishna.
• The exterior wall of Hawa Mahal looks like
a mukut (crown) , which adorns
Lord Krishna’s head.
• The hawa mahal is the extension to the
“Zenana Quarters” and the main motive
behind the making of Hawa Mahal was to
enable ladies of the royal households to watch
the everyday life & royal processions of the city.
ARCHITECTURE
• Lal Chand Ustad was the architect of the
Hawa Mahal.
• Constructed in pink sandstone, Hawa Mahal
is intricately carved and bordered with white
motives.
• Motifs and carving designed on the wall of Hawa
Mahal are proof of the efforts, dedications and
skillfulness of the artists of that period.
• This five-storey, pyramid –shaped structure
endorses 953 small peepholes.
ARCHITECTURE
• Each peephole has tinny lattice worked (jali)
pink windows and arched roofs with hanging
cornices.
• Its façade makes Hawa Mahal look more like
a screen than a palace.
• The uppermost three stories are just a single room
thick but at the base are two courtyards.
• It is a fifty-foot high thin shield , less than a foot in
thickness, but has over 900 inches and a mass of
semi-octagonal bays, carved sandstone grills.
INTERIORS
• The interiors of Hawa Mahal are stark and plain
with a mass of pillars and passages that lead to the
top storey.

• The upper floors are reached through a ramp rather

than the regular stairs, a device to facilitate
movement of palanquins carried by servants
which is a less tiresome way.
STRUCTURE
• The entrance of Hawa Mahal is beautifully adorned
with a stately door that opens into a spacious
courtyard.

• The entrance to Hawa Mahal is from

City Palace side.

• The beautifully carved doors opens into the

courtyard of Hawa Mahal surrounded by
double storied building on three sides.
STRUCTURE
• The exotic monument also boosts an archeological
museum.

• Only the eastern wing has three more stairs above ,

which are just a single room thick. No regular
stairs to reach the upper floors, but only ramps.
Thank You