Travelling to
Jaipur
Rajasthan
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Modern white-marble Lakshmi Narayan temple at the foot of Moti Dungri, lit up beautifully at night.
Built by the Birla family in 1988, this Lakshmi Narayan temple is a landmark of modern Jaipur, constructed in white marble with carved panels depicting gods, saints and philosophers. It stands at the base of Moti Dungri hill near the Ganesh temple. The temple is especially attractive in the evening when illuminated. Darshan is free.
Within 1 km of Birla Mandir.
Rajasthan's oldest museum, an Indo-Saracenic landmark in Ram Niwas Garden with art, crafts and an Egyptian mummy.
Jaipur's signature honeycomb facade of pink sandstone with 953 small windows, built so royal women could watch street life unseen.
Krishna temple in Jaipur's City Palace complex, the city's most beloved shrine with set jhanki darshans.
Aravalli-ridge fort overlooking Jaipur, popular for sunset views and the Madhavendra Bhawan suites built for royal queens.
Large modern mall on JLN Marg, Malviya Nagar, with 200+ stores across two linked blocks; opened 2012.
Palace that appears to float in Man Sagar Lake on the Jaipur–Amer road; viewed from the lakeside promenade only.
cricket stadium
cultural center in Jaipur
Deshnoke shrine to Karni Mata, famous for thousands of rats revered as sacred inside the temple.
15th-century Jain temple to Adinath with a forest of over a thousand carved marble pillars.
Seven interconnected yellow-sandstone Jain temples inside Jaisalmer Fort, open to visitors only in the morning.
Shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, one of South Asia's most visited Sufi pilgrimage sites.
Hanuman temple in Dausa district famous for rituals believed to cure spirit possession; strict visitor customs apply.
Major pilgrimage temple in Sikar district devoted to Shyam Baba (Barbarika), drawing huge crowds at the Phalgun mela.
One of the very few temples in India dedicated to Lord Brahma, standing near the holy Pushkar Lake.
India's largest fort by area, a UNESCO hill fort on a 180 m mesa, central to Mewar's history of sieges and sacrifice.