Places of Interest in Jaipur
¤ B.M Birla Planetarium
The Planetarium imparts audio-visual education with its modern
projection equipment to young and old who have an interest in the
workings of the celestial bodies. The place allows concessions to
schools. The planetarium is closed on the last Wednesday of every
month.
Visiting Hours : 1200-1900
¤ SRC Museum of Indology
It has a collection of folk and tantric art including manuscripts,
paintings and textiles. The museum is housed at Nilambara, Prachya
Vidya Path, 24 Gangwal Park, Jaipur.
Visiting Hours : 1000-1700
Hrs.
¤ Modern Art Gallery
Modern Art Gallery in the Ravindra Rang Manch also lies in the Ram
Niwas Gardens. It has a display of contemporary Rajasthani art.
¤ Dolls museum
Lovely dolls from various countries are on display here in the
compound of the school meant for the deaf and dumb children. It is
located very near the police memorial.
Visiting Hours : 1200-1900
¤ Statue Circle
A full-length exquisitely and intricately carved statue of Sawai Jai
Singh in white marble stands in the centre of the statue circle. It
was erected to pay homage to the founder of Jaipur, the first planned
city of northern India.
¤ Samode Haveli
While the princes built the stately palaces and forts, their nobles
were not far behind in building suitably impressive havelis (mansions)
in keeping with their status. Samode Haveli is a glittering large town
house built by Rawal Bairi Sal of Samode in the early 19th century
(see Samode). The 15-room haveli with a medieval charm was used as the
private home of the Nathawats in Jaipur city. Like the Samode Palace,
this house too came to be adorned over the years. The Reception Hall
is a dazzling one, with beautiful wall paintings, pillars and period
furniture. In fact, wall painting is something which you'll find
almost all over the state, the Shekhawati region being most popular
for it. Anyway, there's also a well-kept courtyard, graceful pillared
verandahs and a lovely back garden in the haveli complex. An elephant
ramp was added in the 1940's for a royal wedding.
Continuing a tradition of hospitality the Nathawats converted the
Samode Haveli into a hotel in October 1987.
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