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HAWAMAHAL

Hawa Mahal is a princess-palace in Jaipur, capital of the Indian state of Rajasthan. It was built by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh in 1798 and it was designed by architect Lal Chand Usta like any 'Rajmukut'. Its unique five-storey building, which is only one and a half feet wide from the top, looks out from the bee hive on the outside, in which there are 53 53 beautiful and attractive small lattice windows, called Jharokha. The basic feeling behind making these windows netting was that the women of Rajghar who strictly adhered to the "curtain custom" looked at the activities of the roads and the everyday life of the streets under the palace with these windows. Can do it. Apart from this, due to the "Venturi effect", the cold air, always with the walls of these complex structures, comes in the castle, due to which the palace always remains air conditioned in the hot summer.

Hawa Mahal, located on the big four-way in the southern part of Jaipur city. Jaipur city is directly connected to all major cities of India by road, rail and air route. The railway station of Jaipur is the central station of the broad gauge line network of Indian Railway Service.

There is no arrangement for direct entrance and entry in the air castle. To enter the Hawa Mahal, there is a system of entry from the right and left paths of the palace, from which you get the entrance to the palace from the last part of the palace.

Repair and renewal

The Hawa Mahal is supervised by the Archaeological Department of Rajasthan Government. In the year 2005, after a long interval of nearly 50 years, the work of repair and renovation of the palace at large level was done, whose estimated cost was Rs.4567.9 lakhs. Some corporate houses are also coming forward to maintain the archaeological monuments of Jaipur, an example of which is the "Unit Trust of India", which has pioneered the essence of the Hawa Mahal.

A mean hidden in the name of the Hawamahal

Hawa Mahal means a place of winds. That is, it is a unique place, which is completely cold. HawaMahal was built by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh in 1799. This five-story building has been built in a very unique way.

It is only one and a half feet wide from the top and looks like a bee hive in the outside. There are 953 small windows in this air temperature, which keeps cold and fresh air. Due to which this place remains cold.