Hawa Mahal, Jaipur Rajasthan

Hawa Mahal is a princess-palace in Jaipur, the capital of the Indian state of Rajasthan. It was built by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh in 1798 and it was designed by architect Lal Chand Usta like any 'Rajmukut'. Its unique five-storey building, which is only one and a half feet wide from the top, looks out of the bee hive on the outside, in which there are 53 53 beautiful and attractive small lattice windows, called Jharkha. The basic feeling behind making these windows netting was that the women of the royal household who strictly adhered to the "curtain custom" looked at the activities of the roads and the everyday life of the streets under the palace with these windows. Able to do Apart from this, due to the "Venturi effect", the cool air always gets in the palace with the walls of these complex structures, due to which the palace always remains air conditioned in the hot summer.

Built on lime, red and pink sandstone, this palace is situated on the main road in the heart of the business center of Jaipur. It is only part of the City Palace and the Zanana is spread to the room or the women's room. In the morning, it gives a unique feeling to see the sun shine in the sunlight.

The beautiful view of the two floors of the top of the Hawa Mahal
Harmohal is a five-storey monument, which is 50 feet (15 m) in height from its main base. The dimensions of the width of the top three floors of the palace is as much as a room, while the bottom two floors also have open patio, which is in the rear of the palace. The front part of the palace, which is seen from the main road in front of the Hawa Mahal. On its small window, sandstone stones have extremely attractive and beautiful carvings, pendants and dome. This unmatched structure boasts of several semi-octagonal windows, which make it unmatched around the world. In the inner part of the back side of the building, the rooms are set according to the different needs which have been made with very less decorative pillars and corridors and are similar to the top floor of the building.

Lal Chand Ustad was the architect of this unique building, which also helped in the preparation of Jaipur city's crafts and architectural plans. Keeping in mind the decoration of other monuments in the city, the color of this palace made of red and pink colored stones is a complete proof for the title of 'Gulabi Nagar' given to Jaipur. The front part of the Hawa Mahal is decorated with 9 53 unique carved windows (some of which are also made of wood) and this is exactly the opposite from the back of the castle, because the back part of the Hawa Mahal is quite simple. Its cultural and crafted heritage is a unique mixture of Hindu Rajput art and Mughal style, for example, the attractive work of flowers, dome and giant pillars are unique examples of Rajput art, as well as on the stone Added Mughal style carvings, beautiful arches, etc. are the notable examples of Mughal craft.

City Palace can be entered by the Royal Gate in the Hawa Mahal. It opens in a spacious courtyard, with its two-storeyed buildings on the side and the east and grand air castle is located. There is also an archaeological museum in this patio.

Hawa Mahal Maharaja Jai ​​Singh was a favorite place to relax because its interior decoration is very beautiful. In all its chambers, there were always 53 cold winds flowing in the front of the room, with the arrangement of fountains in front of all chambers to increase the effect of coolness in the summer.

There is only arrangement of hoarders to go to the top two floors of the Hawa Mahal. It is said that in view of the inconvenience the queens used to climb up to the length of the cliffs, they were arranged to replace the staircases to enter the upper two floors.


Repair and renewal
The Hawa Mahal is supervised by the archaeological department of Rajasthan Government. In the year 2005, after a long interval of nearly 50 years, the work of repair and renovation of the palace at large level was done, with an estimated cost of Rs.4567.9 lakhs. Some corporate houses are also coming forward to maintain the archaeological monuments of Jaipur, an example of which is "Unit Trust of India" which has taken the lead of the Sarva-Mahal of the Hawa Mahal.

Tourism related information
Hawa Mahal, located on the big four-way in the southern part of Jaipur city. Jaipur city is directly connected to all major cities of India by road, rail and air route. The railway station of Jaipur is the central station of the broad gauge line network of the Indian Railways Service.

There is no arrangement for direct entrance and entry in the air castle. To enter the Hawa Mahal, there is a system of entry from the right and left paths of the palace, from which you get the entrance to the palace from the back of the palace.