Travelling to
Jaipur
Rajasthan
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Pink-sandstone temple complex in an Aravalli gorge east of Jaipur, with spring-fed kunds and many monkeys.
Galtaji is a pilgrimage complex of temples and pavilions built into a narrow valley on Jaipur's eastern edge. Natural springs feed a series of sacred tanks (kunds), the Galta Kund being the holiest and said never to run dry; water emerges from a cow-head shaped spout. The site is home to large troops of macaques, which gave it the name 'Monkey Temple'. Pilgrims bathe here in large numbers on Makar Sankranti.
Within 1 km of Galtaji Temple.
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.
Rajasthan's oldest museum, an Indo-Saracenic landmark in Ram Niwas Garden with art, crafts and an Egyptian mummy.
Palace that appears to float in Man Sagar Lake on the Jaipur–Amer road; viewed from the lakeside promenade only.
Aravalli-ridge fort overlooking Jaipur, popular for sunset views and the Madhavendra Bhawan suites built for royal queens.
Ridge-top military fort above Amber that guarded the Kachhwaha capital; home to the huge Jaivana cannon and long views over Amer.
Hilltop Rajput-Mughal palace-fort above Maota Lake in Amer, about 11 km north of Jaipur, best known for its mirror-work halls and ramparts.
UNESCO-listed 18th-century astronomical observatory with the world's largest stone sundial, beside the City Palace.
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.
Tiger reserve in eastern Rajasthan where tigers roam among the ruins of a 10th-century fort; 10 safari zones.
Major pilgrimage temple in Sikar district devoted to Shyam Baba (Barbarika), drawing huge crowds at the Phalgun mela.
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.
India's largest fort by area, a UNESCO hill fort on a 180 m mesa, central to Mewar's history of sieges and sacrifice.
Open grassland sanctuary in Churu district known for large blackbuck herds and wintering raptors.