Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan, as was foreseen long ago by Raja Sawai Jai Singh II. It has a population of over 1.5 million. Jaipur is called the Pink City, for by law, all the buildings in the old city must be painted a deep Saffron Pink. The practice follows a tradition that dates back to the visit of the Prince of Wales in 1876, when the entire city was freshly painted in his honor. It might very well have been called the Blue or White city for these were some of the other colors that were apparently experimented with before pink was chosen. The pink gate as seen today Apart from being important administrative commercial and educational center, Jaipur has a variety of manufacturing industries. It is especially known for its arts and crafts, Jewellry, Enamel work, Hand printed fabrics and Stone sculptures. Above everything, Jaipur is an extraordinary colorful place.On its streets you see women in their brilliant red and orange odhnis and sweeping skirts and men in their equally vivid turbans and upturned mustaches. Both turbans and mustaches have an entire non verbal vocabulary of their own: for instance, twirling one's mustache while looking at a woman constitutes making a pass at her. And as for a turban, it can tell you the wearers hometown, profession and various other personal details besides. If Jaipur is a city of turbans and mustaches, it is also a city of polo which has curious variants: while usually played on Horseback it is also played on elephants and times being what they are on bicycles. The important sights to see in Jaipur are the city palace, the Jantar Mantar Observatory and Amber Fort. Jaipur : the city of Turbans & Mustaches.