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| Jaigarh Fort |
The Jaigarh Fort : It was located on one of the peaks of the
Aravalli range of hills is built about 400 m above the Amber Fort. It
provides an excellent of view of Aravalli hills and the Amer Fort down below. The
fort is 15 kilometres away from Jaipur city,Rajasthan. It stands on a short
diversion from the Jaipur-Delhi Highway. It overlooks the Amber Fort
and the Maota Lake, near Amber in
Jaipur,
Rajasthan.
The
Jaigarh Fort was built by Jai Singh II
in 1726. Its palace complex and was named after him. The fort features a cannon
named “Jaivana”,
which was manufactured in the fort precincts and was then the world's largest
cannon on wheels. The palace complex (Laxmi Vilas - Lalit Mandir - Vilas Mandir and Aram Mandir) located within
the fort has a well-tended garden where the royal family resided, the Shubhat
Niwas (an assembly hall of the warriors), an armory and a museum.
It can also be approached from the Amer Fort over a short
climb along a steep hill track, arriving at the Awami Gate near the fort
museum. Jaivana cannon at the Dungar Darwaza ('Darwaza' means
"gate"). It can also be approached from the Amer Fort over a short
climb along a steep hill track, arriving at the Awami Gate near the fort
museum.
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