Hawa Mahal

Hawa Mahal

Hawa Mahal (Hindi: हवामहल) (meaning: The Palace of Winds or The Palace of Breeze ) is an iconic palace situated in Bari Chaupar in Jaipur, India. It is a five-storey pyramid-shaped monument with 953 small casements with screened windows called Jharokhas (Devashish, 2011). It forms part of the east wall of the City Palace Complex. Today, the Hawa Mahal has become one of the most recognizable monuments in Jaipur city. History This palace building was constructed in 1799 by Swai Pratap Singh, a Kachwaha ruler of Jaipur from 1778 to 1803 (Devashish, 2011; Hoskote, 2020; Taknet, 2016; Tillotson, 2006). He was the grandson of Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II (1699-1743 A.D.), the founder of Jaipur. Hawa Mahal was built as a majestic facade and designed so that the wind blowing from the west blew through all five storeys of the structure (Taknet, 2016). Lal Chand Usta, the chief architect of Hawa Mahal was awarded a Jagir (a large grant) for this magnificent work (Taknet, 2016). Gopal Swami Khetanchi…

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