Nahargarh

Last Saturday Zain, Louise and me decided to venture outside of Jaipur to visit Nahargarh Fort, which is just on the outskirts of the town. Here is it's history:

The Nahargarh Fort was built by Sawai Raja Jai Singh in 1734. Since Jaipur was his capital, the Nahargarh Fort was strategically important and was built as a means of bolstering the defense of Amer. It was also known as the Tiger Fort. New additions were made to the fort in the 19th century by Sawai Ram Singh II and Sawai Madho Singh II. According to a legend, the Fort was named after a prince whose spirit used to haunt the site and would cause mischief so as to delay the construction of the fort. After too many disturbances, finally after a Tantrik prayer the ghost or the spirit, agreed to leave on the condition that the fort should be named after him.

That's the inside courtyard...

And one of the rooms...

From Nahargarh is a great view of Jaipur.



I wander if Maharaja ever played cricket in that courtyard?

On the way to the fort we stopped over to have a look at the sights. Here is my friend and our auto rikshaw driver Sonie. He is doing a Sharukh Khan number from the latest Bollywood hit "Om Santi Om"!

Sonie and me in a more peaceful mode (ie. before we got idea to jump around and be Bollywood stars!).