Jaigarh
Fort is situated on
the promontory called the Cheel ka Teela (Hill of Eagles) of the Aravalli
range; it overlooks the Amber Fort and the Maota Lake, near Amber in Jaipur, Rajasthan,
India. The fort was built by Jai Singh II in 1726 to protect the Amber Fort and
its palace complex and was named after him.
The
fort, rugged and similar in structural design to the Amber Fort, is also known
as Victory Fort. It has a length of 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) along the
north-south direction and a width of 1 kilometre (0.62 mi). 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 armoury and a museum. Jaigarh Fort and Amber
Fort are connected by subterranean passages and considered as one complex.
(more… see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaigarh_Fort)
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Main Gate of Jaigarh Fort |
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Water Palace |
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Water Palace |
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