Jaipur News Desk !!! Jaipur also comes in the most scattered place in India. Therefore, in this city, many types of festival are organized from time to time to attract the tourist. Also, Jaipur is known as India’s ‘Pink City’. Food, forts and shopping are the main attractions of this royal city. Therefore, when it comes to traveling, everyone wants to visit Rajasthan once. But whenever you talk about Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, then with beauty, the historic building here must explore the Hawa Mahal.
Hawa Mahal is one such ancient and historical building, which is known for its amazing beauty and structure. There are many such stories of this famous building, which will probably be unknown. Today in this article, you are going to introduce you to the same historical aspects of Hawa Mahal. So let’s know about such interesting facts-
The Hawa Mahal is always seen connecting with Lord Krishna. Hawa Mahal was built in 1799 as an extension of the Royal City Palace. It is said that King Sawai Pratap Singh, who built this building, used to have great devotion and reverence for Shri Krishna Bhagwan, due to which he made Hawa Mahal like the crown of Shri Krishna. Today it is one of the most popular tourist attraction of the city.
The basic objective behind the design of this structure was that the women of the royal court, who could not go out, could see the drama on the streets from here. The palace windows were prepared with great care, so that women could enjoy every tableaux from the back of the window lattice. According to the strict rules of the curtain of that time, women had to cover their face and she could not show her face in front of everyone.
Why Hawa Mahal was named Hawa Mahal is also a very interesting fact. It is mentioned in history that Hawa Mahal is named after the 5th floor here, as the 5th floor was known as Hawa Mandir, hence it was named Hawa Mahal. There are no such ladders in this building with the help of which it can be visited on its roof. Yes, you read it right. To visit all the floors of this building, one has to go with the help of sloping paths.
