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Amber Palace
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11
km from the Jaipur-Delhi route in Amber, the ancient
capital of the erstwhile Jaipur state of the Kachhawaha
rulers, construction was started in 1592 by Raja Man
Singh I, one of the Army commanders under Emperor
Akbar. It
was subsequently added
on to by successive rulers.
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Amber
Palace at night |
The last
being Sawai Jai Singh II, who then shifted his capital to
the Pink city - Jaipur in 1727 AD The spots worth visiting
at Amer are the Diwan-E-Am, Diwan-E-Khas or the Sheesh Mahal
or Jai Mandir with exquisite mirror work, the Sukh Niwas,
the Shila Mata Temple and Jagat Shiromani temple and the well
laid out garden the Kesar Kyari. Amer was constructed over
a period of two centuries and even today it is a formidable
edifice easily accessible on foot, by car or jeep or in the
royal style on an elephant back.
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