Jaipur: City Palace Museum

He offered a photo together, but Little P reminded me that I would need to pay him later...

Jaipur City Palace, located right smack in the heart of Jaipur is a palace complex in Jaipur. It is a very short walk from Jantar Mantar. Occupying the heart of Jai Singh II's city, the City Palace has been home to the rules of Jaipur since the first half of the 18th century. This palace complex is now open to public as the Maharaja Sawai Man singh II Museum, or popularly known as the City Palace Museum.

Rajendra Pol

This gateway is known as Rajendra Pol. Rajendra Pol is a magnificent gateway that separates the Diwan-i-Khas (one of the open hall) from Mubarak Mahal in the palace complex. On both sides of this gateway are two large elephants, each carved from a single block of marble.

Can you see the giant urns at each side?

In Diwan-i-Khas, one would notice two giant silver urns. These two urns are listed in the Guinness Book as the largest silver vessles in the world, carried sacred Ganges water for Madho Singh II's visit to London in 1901.

The yellow or cream colour building at far end is Chandra Mahal. Chandra Mahal is a seven storied palace translated as Moon Palace. Each floor of this palace is extravagantly decorated with paintings, floral decorations, tiling and mirrors. Each floor has a specific name according to its function.

Also, the far end door is the entrance to the Arms Gallery. The door is flanked by field guns.

Field guns but these were after passed through the door

This was our last landmark visit accompanied with a guide. The driver dropped him shortly after a brief photo shoot at Hawa Mahal (that'll be in another post). He left us wandered by ourselves in our last landmark visit ourselves - Albert Hall. According to him, we could easily read explanation in Albert Hall ourselves.

Side note: Special thanks to Little P for some of the photos I put up in my India posts