Jaipur

If it's pink, it's got to be here!

Popularly known as the Pink City, Jaipur is possibly one of the most popular destinations visited by tourists. This rustic city is dotted with palaces, forts, museums, temples and what not, the terracotta shade that colours the walls giving it its name.

Jaipur is one the angles of the famous Golden Triangle. From camel carts, multihued fabrics, cars to traditional men sporting bright turbans, the city flaunts everything that's comfortably conventional.

The city was founded in 1727 by the king of Amber, Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II - a mathematician and an astronomer. In collaboration with the Bengali architect Vidyadhar Bhattacharya, Sawai Jai Singh built Jaipur according to the Shilpa Shastra, the ancient Hindu text on architecture.

Jaipur is built of pink sandstone hence earning the name of the Pink City. To really explore Jaipur, simply walk through its markets thronging with local crowds dressed in shockingly bright colours, women laden with trinkets and men wearing pagris and huge moustaches. Keep your eyes open as you might just spot a faded, carved door or the sepia terrace of a haveli, jutting out from between billboards and shops, taking you back in time, enchanting you.