Best Places to Visit in Amer / Amber Fort - Temples, Mahals and More
Discover the best places to explore inside Amer Fort, Jaipur! Visit the grand Diwan-i-Aam, Sheesh Mahal, Gates, and enjoy sweeping views of the city
Amer / Amber Fort is the largest fort in Jaipur. Also, this fort is one of the main attractions of Jaipur. The area of Amer / Amber Fort is 988.422 acres. Since it is a very large fort, there are many places to visit here. Here, we will guide you to visit all these places which will make your trip even more fun.
Best Places to Visit in Amer / Amber Fort
In this palace, you will see a lot of underground cellars, to which no one is allowed to go. In this cellar, the kings used to keep their treasures, grains, and weapons.
Inside the palace are the royal rooms of the king and separate royal rooms for all the 12 queens. Which has a lot of royal carvings. There are special routes to reach all 12 queens. In which only the king was allowed to go. Inside the palace, you will see pictures of lotus flowers on every side. Because the lotus flower is considered a symbol of Hinduism.
There was a special arrangement for the queens. No man was allowed to walk around the rooms of the queens. The eunuchs were also deployed to protect them. Bathrooms and toilets for the queens are also built around their rooms.
Apart from this, there are also royal rooms for the guests to stay in, in which the zamindars, merchants, messengers, and kings from other places lived. Artisans and servants working in the palaces were also allowed to live in the palaces.
Gates
Although this palace has many gates. But the kings of the fort used to come inside the palace from the sun gate itself. After the war, all the main forces, including the king, entered the palace from the lion gate. So that they can show themselves like a lion. That is why Singh was written as a surname of those kings.
Ganesh Gate
Ganesh Dwar is the most beautiful gate of the fort. To reach the personal rooms of kings and queens, one has to go through the Ganesh gate. Ganeshji's statue is attached above this gate. You can also see many beautiful carvings on the whole gate.
Jaleb Chowk
On entering the palace, you will see a large ground called Jaleb Chowk. Which means square ground. In this Jaleb Chowk, there was a briefing of the soldiers. Here you will see the cannon used in that era.
Shila Devi Temple
This is the temple of Mahakali Ji. The door of this temple is made of pure silver. A statue of Ganesha is installed above the door. At that time humans were sacrificed in this temple, as you can read in the history of Amer / Amber Fort. Then people started sacrificing buffalo. The government banned buffalo and today goats are sacrificed here.
Diwan E Aam
In the past, here used to be the king's court. The king used to relieve the suffering of his citizens here. The king used to judge his citizens here as you can see in the court.
Diwan E Khas
It is known by the name that the king used to do special programs here. All the secret work, planning of war, and special meetings with ministers used to do all these things here.
Sheesh Mahal
It is completely decorated with carvings of mirrors. These carvings are made from a concave mirror. The special glass was brought from Europe for this palace. The difference in carvings over time can be seen.
Inside the palace, you will see a lot of secret paths and labyrinths, you can get lost in those paths and labyrinths. These secret paths were used to take the Raj family is out of the palace. This secret route is connected to the fort of Jai Garh Fort.
