Breathtaking Nahargarh

Nahargarh (tiger Fort), overlooks the city of Jaipur from a sheer ridge to the north and is floodlit at night. The fort was built in 1734 by Jai Singh and extended in 1868. A 9 km road runs up through the hills from Jaipur, and the fort can be reached along a zigzagging 2km path which starts from the north - west of the old city. The glorious view fully justify the effort. Inside the fort you can visit the Madhavendra Bhawan housing the nine apartments of Maharaja Ram Singh's nine wives. The rooms are linked by a maze of corridors and retain some delicate frescoes, as well as toilets and kitchen hearths.Nine identical palaces are joined by corridors at all three levels. There are covered balconies running through the inner courtyard on the first floor, the joined terracess at the second level and finally the magnifiicent roof top.

The first covered balcony with rows of windows, the lighter glimpses on both sides are painted with details to add to symmetry as well as fun angle to the architectural details. Notice how they accentuate the carved thin pillar motifs and adds to the depth of the exterior walls.

The joined terraces.

Finally!The magnificient roof top.


All the climbing has taken our breath away.

The funny dudes! Notice the child rolling in the distance, the poor thing was over clothed with woollens of all variety and could not walk in such a state and started rolling instead. Bright kid!

We had timed ourselves beautifully. Reached the derelict restaurant on the outer walls of the fort which overlooks the sheer fall better known as "Padav" and watched the glorious skies as it changed colours.


Twinkling city lights below made our hearts sad and joyful at the same time but I am definitely going back to Nahargarh just to experience the unbelievable sunset over Jaipur.

Photographs Courtsey Saurabh Das, Sanjiban Majumder, Pragya Majumder