Golden Triangle Tour in India - is a most popular tour which covers Delhi Agra and Jaipur of Rajasthan. This triangle of three cities perfectly captures the pageantry of India. All the three cities like
Delhi, Agra and Jaipur have some common importance such as they all used to be the capitals during Mughal Empire, secondly these three destinations are still have the signal importance on tourism map of India, thirdly they have egnal distances more or less like Delhi to Agra is 210 Km, Agra to Jaipur is 240 Km. and Jaipur to Delhi is 260 Km. Fourthly these destinations are Hindi speaking areas, fifthly they have complete infrastructure available as per the requirement of International tourism like good hotels, rastanrants and transport agencies and travel companies etc.
While there are some dissimilarities as well for example Delhi is a cosmopolitan city and has the mix culture, we can say it is like a mini India. Being capital of India, it has more political, business activities rather than Jaipur and Agra. While Jaipur has completely Rajasthani culture and some political and business culture, being capital of Rajasthan. On the other end Agra is pure tourist city being
Taj Mahal , Agra fort, Fatehpursikari, Sikandra and Etmaddanlah's tours there. Jaipur was built by
Maharaja Jai Singh II, ruler of Amber and true Renaissance man. At the young age of 11, he so impressed Emperor Aurangzeb that he was awarded the title 'sawai'. Thereafter, all the Jaipur rulers were given this title. In 1727 he and his Bengali architect, Vidhya Chakravarty, laid out of new city, capital of the Kachwaha clan, and centre of one of the tree most powerful and splendid states of Rajasthan.
Jaipur became capital of all
Rajasthan in 1956. It is now a thriving centre with a population of about 1.5 million. The city has a laid-back atmosphere, and the historic 'pink city' remains intact, one of the architectural glories of the world.
The tourists can also enjoy the cool evenings during boating in the
Ramgarh Lake. Go for a movie, camel ride, stroll in the beautifully laid gardens, tour a zoo or spend your time in shopping some exclusive memoirs of Jaipur. One can purchase the Rajasthani handlooms, bandhani, block Print, blankets and trinkets.
Now with lots of attractive attractions Jaipur is a globally famous tourism destination of India. It deserves the attentions of majority of tourists from all over the world for Rajasthan tours and travels. The city has some of magnificent fort & palace attractions. These are
Hawa Mahal,
City Palace, Jal Mahal, Amber Fort, Nahargarh Fort, Jaigarh Fort, Chandra Mahal,
Jantar Mantar, Ram Niwas Garden, Zoological Garden
, Vidyadhar Garden, Central Park, Kanak Vrindavan, Sisodia Rani Palace & Garden,
Albert Hall Museum (Central Museum), and
Rambagh Palace. These all are architecturally beautiful and excellent example of architectural excellence. There are also some of famous temples in Jaipur. They are Govind Dev ji Temple, Jain Temple, Galta Ji, Moti Doongri Temple and Laxmi Narayan Temple. Jaipur also have so many heritage hotels with world class accommodation facilities and comfort full holiday vacation experiences. Ajmer, Samode,
Pushkar, Sariska, Agra, etc are nearby tourist places to Jaipur city. One can make excursion trip to these tourist places by cars conveniently.
Across the road from the palaces is the famous JANTAR MANTAR one of the five observatories in India. Built by Sawai Jai Singh, this is one of the largest and the best preserved. The most striking instrument is the Brihat Samrat yantra Sundial, an imposing yellow edifice to the far right of the observatory complex which has a 27m high gnomon arm set at an angle of 27degree.The shadow this casts moves up to 4m in an hour, and aids in the calculation of local and meridian pass time and various attributes of the heavenly bodies, including declination the angular distance of a heavenly body from the celestial equator and altitude. This highlight of the observatory has made it a centre of attraction for the tourist visiting Jaipur.
The City Palace is an architectural marvel that presents a perfect blend of
Rajasthani and Mughal art and architecture. The City Palace has projecting balconies, arches and the entrances. The palace covers one-seventh of the area in Jaipur. The City Palace also has a museum with an exclusive collection of Rajasthani costumes, miniature paintings, carpets and royal paraphernalia.
Birla Mandir or the Lakshmi - Narayan Temple, situated just below the Moti Dungari. This is a modern temple built of white marble on top of a hill, dominating the skyline of south Jaipur. The Birlas (industrialists who have also built several temples in India) built this temple. The temple has been constructed in white marble and has three domes, each portraying the different approaches to religion. The presiding deities here are Vishnu (One of the Hindu Trilogy Gods) called Narayan and his consort Lakshmi Goddess of wealth and good fortune. The temple is built is white in marble and exterior has carved sculptures of various mythological themes and images of saints. The interior has large panel in marble of mythological proceedings. The images of the deities are placed in the sanctum sanctorum. Built on raised ground, it is surrounded by large lush green gardens.
Address:
VITS (Vaibhav ndia Tourism Services)
37, South Ganesh Nagar,
Street No. 9,
Near Laxmi Nagar Metro Station
New Delhi – 110092
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