Architecture Detail Amber Fort Palace India Rajasthan Jaipur Abstract Square 1a

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by Sue Jacobi

Title

Architecture Detail Amber Fort Palace India Rajasthan Jaipur Abstract Square 1a

Artist

Sue Jacobi

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Photograph - Fine Art Photography - Digital Art

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Architecture Detail Amber Fort Palace India Rajasthan Jaipur Abstract Square 1a.
This image captures one of the many architectural marvels in the Amber Fort, also known as Amer Fort, in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Man-made beauty everywhere, in the ornate, decorative, intricate workon the columns, cornices, gargoyles, doorways, cobble-stoned walkways... as far as the eye can see, in this sprawling, beautiful fort and palace complex.
Amber Palace, also known as Amber Fort or Amer Fort, is located in Amer (a town with an area of 4 square kilometres (1.5 sq miles), 6.8 miles from Jaipur, Rajasthan state, India. It is the principal tourist attractions in the Jaipur area, located high on a hill. Amber Fort was built by Raja Man Singh I. Amber Fort is known for its artistic style of Hindu elements. With its large ramparts, series of gates and cobbled paths, the fort overlooks the Maota Lake, at its forefront.
The aesthetic ambiance of the palace is seen within its walls on a four level layout plan (each with a courtyard) in a well turned out opulent palace complex built with red sandstone and marble consisting of the Diwan-e-Aam or the "Hall of Public Audience", the Diwan-e-Khas or the "Hall of Private Audience", the Sheesh Mahal (mirror palace) or Jai Mandir, and the Sukh Niwas where a cool climate is artificially created by winds that blow over the water cascade within the palace. Hence, the Amer Fort is also popularly known as the Amer Palace. The palace was lived in by the Rajput Maharajas and their families. At the entrance to the palace near the fort�s Ganesh Gate, there is also a temple dedicated to Sila Devi, a goddess of the Chaitanya cult which was given to Raja Man Singh when he had defeated the Raja of Jessore, Bengal in 1604. (Jessore is now in Bangladesh).
This palace along with Jaigarh Fort, located immediately above on the Cheel ka Teela (Hill of Eagles) of the same Aravalli range of hills, is considered as one complex, as the two are well connected by a subterranean passage. This passage was meant as an escape route in times of war for the royal family members and others in the Amer Fort to shift to the more redoubtable Jaigarh Fort.
Annual tourist visitation to the Amer Palace in Amer town was reported by the Superintendent of Department of Archaeology and Museums to the Amer Palace as 5000 visitors a day, and 1.4 million visitors were reported during 2007.
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June 3rd, 2015