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RANI SISODIA'S GARDEN AND PALACE
Sawai Jai Singh built it in 1728 for his Sisodia Queen
from Udaipur. The garden is laid in Mughal style and it depicts the legends of Radha and Krishna. The garden is located 8 kms from Jaipur on the Agra route.
GALTAJI
An ancient pilgrimage centre lying beyond the gardens amidst low hills. Temples pavilions and holy kunds (natural spring and water tanks) along with lush landscape make it a delightful spot. The small temple of the sun god built by Diwan Kriparam on the top of the highest peak is visible from all parts of the city.
VIDYADHAR GARDEN
Located near the Sisodia Gardens is a beautiful vineyard, which unfolds itself in the valley. It named after Vidyadhar Bhatacharjee the architect of Jaipur.
HAWA MAHAL
Sawai Pratap Singh, though not in air built the Palace of winds and air in 1747. The
palace is a façade, which is fifty feet in height and a mere one foot in width. The screen allowed the ladies of the palace to have view of the market place below. Hawa Mahal symbolizes Jaipur today.
RAM NIWAS GARDEN
Was built in 1868 by Sawai Ram Singh as project to provide famine relief to the draught effected farmer. Located in the center of modern Jaipur it spreads over 33 acres of land. It houses the Albert Hall Museum, the state Zoo, Ravindra Manch Theatre and several cafes and picnic spots in its premises.
 SAMOD
40 kms from Jaipur.
The old palace renovated and rebuilt in a very tasteful manner
provides the most gorgeously decorated and painted example of Rajput haveli architecture. Set amidst the quiet of protective hills, it provides an ideal spot for outing. The town has its own cloth printers, bangle makers and other artisans. The palace has now been converted as a heritage hotel .
RAMGARH
25 Kms from Jaipur.
An ancient site now famous for its huge artificial lake created by constructing a high bund amidst tree convered hills where the citizens throng in a large number for picnic in the rainy season. The old royal hunting lodge has now been converted into a hotel . The temple of jamva mata and the ruins of the old fortress still remind of its hoary antiquity when the kachhawas first settled here before moving on to Amer.
ABHANERI
128 kms from Agra road near Bandikui .
This ancient place is famous for the temple of Harshad Mata built in the 7th - 8th century and the stepped chand baori. Two jain temples were built here at a later period. The harshad mata temple was decorated with delicate sculptures of the highest quality some of which are to be seen in the museums of Jaipur.
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