Jaipur (Rajasthan / India, November 2016)
Jaipur, the capital of the North Indian state of Rajasthan, was founded in 1727 by Maharaja Jai Singh II, who ruled the Jaipur State from 1699-1744. Initially his capital was a rather small city called Amber (at a distance of 11 km from Jaipur). He felt the need of shifting his capital city with the increase in population and growing scarcity of water.
Jaipur is the first planned city of India and the King - a man of high education and interest in science and architecture - also took a great interest while designing this city. Therefore, the Old Town which is surrounded by a wall with several gates is designed like a Roman city with squares, straight streets and avenues.
But don't get me wrong here: You still can get lost very easily as the street signs are mostly in Hindu and do not carry numbers. Unfortunately, many rickshaw drivers are illiterate and do not know how to use a city map should you happen to have one. But, clearly, this is part of the adventure.
The city has a population of slightly more than 3 million, making it the tenth most populous city in the country. Jaipur is also known as the Pink City of India. During the rule of Mahaja Sawai Ram Singh, the city was painted pink to welcome the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, in 1876.
Many of the avenues remained painted in pink, giving Jaipur a distinctive appearance and the epithet Pink City.
#rajasthan #jaipur
(Olympus OM-D E-M10 with a Samyang 12mm, f/2.0 lens)
Jaipur, the capital of the North Indian state of Rajasthan, was founded in 1727 by Maharaja Jai Singh II, who ruled the Jaipur State from 1699-1744. Initially his capital was a rather small city called Amber (at a distance of 11 km from Jaipur). He felt the need of shifting his capital city with the increase in population and growing scarcity of water.
Jaipur is the first planned city of India and the King - a man of high education and interest in science and architecture - also took a great interest while designing this city. Therefore, the Old Town which is surrounded by a wall with several gates is designed like a Roman city with squares, straight streets and avenues.
But don't get me wrong here: You still can get lost very easily as the street signs are mostly in Hindu and do not carry numbers. Unfortunately, many rickshaw drivers are illiterate and do not know how to use a city map should you happen to have one. But, clearly, this is part of the adventure.
The city has a population of slightly more than 3 million, making it the tenth most populous city in the country. Jaipur is also known as the Pink City of India. During the rule of Mahaja Sawai Ram Singh, the city was painted pink to welcome the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, in 1876.
Many of the avenues remained painted in pink, giving Jaipur a distinctive appearance and the epithet Pink City.
#rajasthan #jaipur
(Olympus OM-D E-M10 with a Samyang 12mm, f/2.0 lens)
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