Jaipur - part III - the City Palace

This is our tour of the City Palace, also built by Maharaja Jai Singh.

I am always amazed at the intricate carving. And it's not in just a few places, it is EVERYWHERE!
Many of these areas were designed as open air rooms, to catch the breezes. Sometimes you can see big hooks where they might hang curtains to give shade or privacy. Often these were the places where you could have an audience with the ruler.

There is always a huge center courtyard.
These little girls got in the way of some Holi colours!

Alex with this ...guard, I guess.
This vessel is silver, supposedly the largest one in the world, originally made to carry water from the River Ganga for the Maharaja to drink on his sea voyage to England.

I like the arches everywhere in the Mughal style.

The wheel is made of guns. Thus the pose!