Palace of the Winds - Hawa Mahal, India
Just look at the facade facing the street. This beautiful pink palace is also called Palace of Winds has become a city icon of Jaipur. It was designed in a way that made i possible for the women of the harem to stand by the windows with out being seen themselves. In this way they were able to look at the bustling life in the street below. without being seen.
The amazing five story structure was built in 1799 by the Maharaja Pratap Singh (1778 – 1803 AD). The building contains two quite large courts. Each of the five floors have a name or known for a special event. The first one is called Sharad Mandir. It was here that the autumn celebrations took place. The second is known for its walls with glasswork. The fifth is called Hawa Mandir. It has probably giving name to the whole building.
It's possible to go to the top. On the way the rooms can be admired. Another thing to do when here, is visisting the archaeological museum located on the premisis. I didn't do that. To me it was more important to admire the building, imagining how life must have been when it was built.
Please do follow if you want to keep up with my next travel story. Any upvotes or reblogs are hugely appreciated!
Latest travel story, check out:
An explosion of colors and a treat for my senses – Stavanger, Norway
U.J
Kristiansand, Norway
All the photoes are mine, Ulla Jensen (flickr, Instagram and facebook)
[//]:# (!worldmappin 26.92403 lat 75.82675 long Palace of the Winds - Hawa Mahal, India d3scr)Follow us for our street art contest and blogs about travel, art, photo, crypto & gaming
You can check out this post and your own profile on the map. Be part of the Worldmappin Community and join our Discord Channel to get in touch with other travelers, ask questions or just be updated on our latest features.
Congratulations @digi-me! You have completed the following achievement on the Hive blockchain And have been rewarded with New badge(s)
You can view your badges on your board and compare yourself to others in the Ranking
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOPCheck out our last posts:
Haha I have been there! It was a while ago but I remember it well. So many historic things to see, hear and photograph. My favourite was a stall in a market right near there that sold art painted on 200 - year -old parchment that was originally used for court documents. It hangs inside my front door and reminds me of my visit every day.
Such cool history. I love how they called the spikes on the door (made to fend off ridden elephants trying to ram down the door) pokes.
Great memories!
Wow! You have been there too! It's awesome. But there are so many surrounding buildings and places worth a visit🙂
one of the best place of India, I have been there in 2020
One of the best places, but there are lots of interesting, historical places and buildings to visit. This is my favourite🙂
indeed, don't forget to Visit the forts 😇
👍🙂
🤗🙏
This post has been manually curated by @bhattg from Indiaunited community. Join us on our Discord Server.
Do you know that you can earn a passive income by delegating to @indiaunited. We share more than 100 % of the curation rewards with the delegators in the form of IUC tokens. HP delegators and IUC token holders also get upto 20% additional vote weight.
Here are some handy links for delegations: 100HP, 250HP, 500HP, 1000HP.
100% of the rewards from this comment goes to the curator for their manual curation efforts. Please encourage the curator @bhattg by upvoting this comment and support the community by voting the posts made by @indiaunited.
This building and its structure and design so amazing
Congratulations @digi-me! You received a personal badge!
Wait until the end of Power Up Day to find out the size of your Power-Bee.
May the Hive Power be with you!
You can view your badges on your board and compare yourself to others in the Ranking
Check out our last posts:
Ancient but stunning structures!
Absolutely! Love it!