On Saturday morning, Rani, Lauren (a lovely girl from Maryland) and I set out to do a tour of the forts surrounding Jaipur. We set off in a rickshaw for our first destination, Nahargarh Fort. We drove up this steep, winding road, oftentimes the only car in sight. After making our way up the mountain, the rickshaw let us off at Nahargarh Fort.
Nahargarh Fort is less acclaimed than its counterparts, Jaigarh Fort and Amer Fort, but I thought it was just as beautiful. There were far fewer tourists, and the views of Jaipur and the surrounding mountains were gorgeous.
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| Inside the central courtyard of Nahargarh Fort |
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| Beautiful arches |
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| Rani, Me and Lauren |
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| Panorama view from a window in Nahargarh Fort |
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| Panorama view from the top of the fort |
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| View of the outskirts Jaipur |
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| Zoomed in view of houses in Jaipur |
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| There were also many monkeys at the fort! |
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Chilling in the parking lot
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We had planned to walk from Nahargarh Fort to Jaigarh Fort, but the trail that we had read about on the internet did not seem to exist. We could walk down the main road, but that was not very appealing, so we jumped in another rickshaw. On the way down, though, we stopped at these ruins labeled "Charan Mandir" and saw more beautiful views.
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| Ruins by the side of the road |
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| A tower overlooking the ruins |
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| Spot the jumping monkey! |
We eventually made our way to Jaigarh Fort. Jaigarh Fort is my least favorite of the forts we've seen -- it had the least to offer in terms of architecture. It was very large but incredibly empty. All the monuments are empty, but this one felt particularly like you were just wandering without a purpose.
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| View from the top of Jaigarh Fort |
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| A drummer played along while a puppet show took place in the fort |
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| Some sort of puppet show about a snake charmer |
After Jaigarh we walked down 1 kilometer to Amer Fort. We didn't go inside the fort, having seen it before, but we walked all the way down and then headed off to lunch.
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| View of Jaigarh Fort from below |
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| A circle of walls (connected by forts) enclose the area |
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