Hawa Mahal or the ‘Royal residence Of The Winds’ situated in the core of the delightful Pink City of Jaipur in Rajasthan, India, is one of the most well-known vacation spots and a noticeable milestone of the city that is eminent for its rich social and engineering history. Worked in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh of the Kachhwaha Rajput administration, this delightful structure is dominatingly a high screen divider made of pink and red sandstone that encouraged regal ladies to get an eyeful of the road celebrations and occupied city life while staying out of the perspective on the general population. This five-story working in the state of a crown of Lord Krishna with 953 jharokhas or windows and a delightfully enriched façade looking like a honeycomb of a bee sanctuary that gives one a vibe of the rich legacy of the Rajputs.

Architecture & Design of Hawa Mahal

The modeller of this exceptional five-celebrated pyramidal royal residence with a tallness of 15 m from its raised base was Lal Chand Ustad. The structure of the structure features a superb mix of Hindu Rajput design with that of the Islamic Mughal engineering. The previous style is tangible from the fluted columns, flower examples and domed overhangs while the curves and stone trim filigree work are indications of the last style.

Keeping in accordance with different acclaimed milestones of the city, which is apropos labelled as the ‘Pink City’, this landmark was worked with red and pink sandstones. Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh’s dedication towards Lord Krishna is showed from the plan of the structure of the royal residence that takes after the crown of the Lord. In spite of the fact that not actually a royal residence, it would appear that one from the road. The façade of the structure complicatedly cut with excellent themes is related to that of the honeycomb of a bee sanctuary. A few potholes of the structure each having little cross-section windows, etched sandstone flame broil and improved arches give the structure a look of a mass of semi-octagonal narrows. There is a sum of 953 extravagantly cut jharokhas or windows, some of which are made of wood. These jharokhas were work in such a way, that air flows normally through them making Venturi impact (specialist breeze) in this manner cooling the whole structure during the blistering summers. Each jharokha has a little chamber where one can sit and see the road. Wellsprings at the centre of each chamber complimented well with the light wind coursing through the jharokhas in this way upgrading the cooling impact of the chambers.

History & Later Developments

Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh, the grandson of the incomparable Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh who fabricated Jaipur, developed the Hawa Mahal in 1799. He was so dazzled with the Khetri Mahal worked by Maharaja Bhopal Singh in the town of Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan that he left on building the Hawa Mahal that today remains as a wonderful diamond of Rajput style of design. It was worked as an expansion of the Royal City Palace and prompts the zenana or ladies’ chambers. One of the fundamental reasons of building this lovely mahal enhanced with fine cross-section windows and screened overhangs was to encourage the imperial Rajput ladies, who generally pursued the exacting Purdah framework and ceased from showing up in broad daylight, in getting a look at the day by day occasions, regal parades and celebrations occurring in the city. Thusly they could make the most of their feeling of opportunity while keeping up their traditions.