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Essay On Amber Fort

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Jaipur city, the capital of Indian state Rajasthan. Here I present the three main forts of Jaipur.
Amber Fort
Away from the hustle of the main Jaipur city is situated a beautiful late fifteenth century built fort palace, the Amber Fort. Adopting its name from the Amba Mata, Amber Fort is one of the most astonish attractions of the pink city. It is also referred as Amer Fort.
Amber Fort is a fortified palace harbor to countless courtyards, gardens, audience halls, temples and personal apartments. The fort offers numerous rich, beautiful views and displays splendid architecture to must admire.
Amer Fort unquestionably stands amongst the paramount forts of India. It is a must to see and also to be included in one's Jaipur Itinerary.
The fort neighbors a famous lake known as maota lake. It fetches a magnificent, perplexing view to its watchers, reflecting the startling image of Amber fort on its …show more content…

One reason to notice is its peaking indo-islamic architecture. The fort carries many gates, but most striking gateway is the two-storey Ganesh Pol, decorated with the intricate colorful paintings. The Ganesh Pol makes entrance way to the main palace
The Amber Fort has many palaces within the Fort. But the most glorious one is the Sheesh Mahal. The Sheesh Mahal is also known as the Palace of the Mirrors. Even a single ray of light that enters the Sheesh Mahal enlightens the entire hall filling it with light. The bright light striking its surfaces revives the lost days of the Amber Fort as it re-breathes into life of thousand glimmers of reflection.
Inside the Amber fort there is a marble carved flower known as “the magic flower” by the foot of most of the pillars of the Sheesh Mahal. If you look carefully at marble carved flower, you will see it has the unique designs of a fishtail, lotus, hooded cobra, an elephant trunk, a lion’s tail, a cob of corn and a

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