On a Trip to Jaipur: Do Not Miss To See These Places. Part-2

In this part, we will continue the journey that we started of Jaipur in the last blog.

• Chokhi Dhani: It is a Rajasthani theme based village with rajasthani food, folk dances, magic show, elephant, camel & horse rides, astrologers etc. If you are not familiar with rajasthani culture and the food that enhance the culture. It is a nice place for outing with family as it opens in the evening. You will get all things that a rajasthani culture have and now as there are various other like ‘Aapno Rajasthan, Amber villas’ but still the pioneer of this theme based village is Chokhi Dhani.

  

  Chokhi Dhani

• Nahargarh Fort: Nahargarh was built by Jai Singh, the founder of Jaipur. The meaning of nahargarh is ‘Abode of the Tiger’. Fort comprises of Maghvendra bhawan which has 12 similar apartments for 9 of the queens and the king can visit any of the queens without the other knowing.  It also has a small reservoir which was used for bathing and you may know it if you have watched Rang-De-Basanti.  

  

  Nahargarh Fort
  

• Birla Mandir: Birla temple is also called as Laxmi Narayan Temple and is one of the grandest temples in the modern architecture. It was completed in 1988 and completely made up of white marbles. It is situated just below the famous moti dungri hills. The temple was financed by Birla Family.

  

  Birla Mandir

• Albert Hall Museum: The first stone was put when Albert visited India in 1876. This building took 10 years to get completed. It is an “Industrial Arts” museum. Over the years it has become a centre of knowledge and civilizations, and also to preserve Indian arts and crafts. Collections include musical instruments, vases and urns and masks.

  

  Albert hall Museum

•  Galta Temple: It is located few kilometers east of Jaipur; some people call it the monkey temple because there is a big population of monkeys. It is a combination of several temples and sacred water basins where the hindus take their spiritual bath.

  

  Galta Temple

 Visiting all these places will make you tired so do not forget to plan your stay at Laxmi palace hotel Jaipur where you can relax and get ready for the next day.