Saturday 11 December 2010

GATORE KI CHHATRIYAN AND THE JAL MAHAL

There he was waiting to take me site seeing, although I still felt like I could use another 12 hours sleep. But off we toddled in Abdullahs tata, firstly to see the Gatore ki chhatriyan. I will not try to explain to much as the Nikons speak for themselves quite sufficiently. It is off the track for the vast majority of tourists and therefore a very peaceful place to visit. The Gatore ki chhatriyan was a royal crematorium site for the cities bigwig rulers. A cenotaph was constructed in recognition of the more famous of Jaipur's maharajahs who were cremated there. The royal cenotaph is known as "Chhatris", which means umberella shaped. But as I said earlier the Nikons speak much more eloquentley than my humble writings.
After this we actually went to do the business I came to do, but that deserves a chapter to itself, so I will go straight on to another of Jaipur's sixteen monuments. The Jal Mahal or water palace as it is usually known. Located in the middle of the man made Man Sagar lake, it was renovated in the 18 century by Jai Singh II from Amber. During the rainy season, the palace could only be reached by boat. The palace now, is uninhabited and not open to tourists and the lake is polluted due to the sewage outlet from Jaipur city and its over 1,000,000 persons. Nice, eh

Ahi estaba esperando para ir a ver las vistas, aunque otras 12 horas de sueno no me habrian venido mal. Pero ahi nos fuimos en el tata de Abdullah, primero a ver el Gatore ki chhatriyan. No voy a explicar mucho ya que las Nikons lo dicen bastante mejor que yo. Esta bastante alejado de la pista turistica asi que es una vista muy relajad. El Gatore ki chhatriyan fue el crematorio para los mas distinguidos de la ciudad. El cenotafio real es conocido como el "Chhatris", que significa en forma de paraguas. Pero como dije antes los Nikons hablan con bastante mas eloquencia que mis humildes letras. Despues, nos fuimos a hacer los negocios que en realidad vine a hacer, pero eso requiere que dedicar un capitulo entero(con Nikons incluidos), asi que ire directamente a otro de los dieziseis monumentos de Jaipur. El Jal Mahal o el palacio de agua, como se suele llamar. Ubicado en el centro del lago artificial Man Sagar, fue renovado en el siglo 18, por Jai Singh II de Amber. Durante la epoca de lluvias solo se podia acceder en barco. El palacio, ahora esta deshabitado y no abierto a los turistas y el lago esta contaminado gracias a las cloacas que desembocan de la ciudad de Jaipur de mas de 1,000,000 de personas. Bonito, no








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