Amer Fort Jaipur History Tour Guide Amer Ka Kila Amber Places | Vlogs Rahul

Amer Fort Jaipur History Tour Guide Amer Ka Kila Amber Places | Vlogs Rahul

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Birla Mandir Jaipur
Moti Dungri Ganesh Ji Temple
JAWAHAR KALA KENDRA
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Raj Mandir Cinema
Sheesh Mahal Amber Fort
Ramniwas Bagh
Shri Khole Ke Hanuman Ji Temple Jaipur
Rambagh Palace Jaipur

Amer Fort or Amber Fort is a fort located in Amer Rajasthan India Amer is a town with an area of 4 square kilometres 1.5 sq mi located 11 kilometres 6.8 mi from Jaipur the capital of Rajasthan Located high on a hill it is the principal tourist attraction in Jaipur Amer Fort is known for its artistic style elements With its large ramparts and series of gates and cobbled paths the fort overlooks Maota Lake which is the main source of water for the Amer Palace

Amer Palace is great example of Rajput architecture Some of its buildings and work have influence of Mughal architecture Constructed of red sandstone and marble the attractive opulent palace is laid out on four levels each with a courtyard It consists of the Diwan e Aam or Hall of Public Audience the Diwan e Khas or 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 a water cascade within the palace Hence the Amer Fort is also popularly known as the Amer Palace The palace was the residence of the Rajput Maharajas and their families At the entrance to the palace near the forts Ganesh Gate there is a temple dedicated to Shila Devi a Goddess of the Chaitanya cult which was given to Raja Man Singh when he defeated the Raja of Jessore Bengal in 1604 Jessore is now in Bangladesh Raja Man Singh had 12 queens so he made 12 rooms one for each Queen Each room had a staircase connected to the Kings room but the Queens were not to go upstairs Raja Jai Singh had only one queen so he built one room equal to three old queens rooms
This palace along with Jaigarh Fort is located immediately above on the Cheel ka Teela Hill of Eagles of the same Aravalli range of hills The palace and Jaigarh Fort are considered one complex as the two are connected by a subterranean passage This passage was meant as an escape route in times of war to enable 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 was reported by the Superintendent of the Department of Archaeology and Museums as 5000 visitors a day with 1 4 million visitors during 2007 At the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Phnom Penh Cambodia in 2013 Amer Fort along with five other forts of Rajasthan was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the group Hill Forts of Rajasthan

Amber was a Meena state ruled by a Susawat clan After Kakil Deo defeated the Susawats he made Amber the capital of Dhundhar after Khoh Kakil Deo was a son of Dulherai
In early times the state of Jaipur was known as Amber or Dhundhar and was controlled by Meena chiefs of five different tribes They were under suzerainty of the Bargurjar Rajput Raja of Deoti Later a Kachhwaha prince Dulha Rai destroyed the sovereignty of Meenas and also defeated Bargurjars of Deoli and took Dhundhar fully under Kachwaha rule
The Amber Fort was originally built by Raja Man Singh Jai Singh I expanded it in the early 1600s Improvements and additions were made by successive rulers over the next 150 years until the Kachwahas shifted their capital to Jaipur during the time of Sawai Jai Singh II in 1727
In the medieval period Amer was known as Dhundar meaning attributed to a sacrificial mount in the western frontiers and ruled by the Kachwahas from the 11th century onwards between 1037 and 1727 AD until the capital was moved from Amer to Jaipur The history of Amer is indelibly linked to these rulers as they founded their empire at Amer

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