Palace of the Breeze

Photographed from the Entrance of Hawa Mahal.

Hawa Mahal(Palace of the Breeze) is a Palace located at the Capital City to Rajasthan, Jaipur. The structure of the Palace was built in 1799 by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh, and designed by Lal Chand Ustad. It was named so because it was essentially a high screen wall built for the women of the royal household could observe street festivities while unseen from the outside. Constructed of red and pink sandstone, the palace sits on the edge of the City Palace. The architecture is so brilliant that the person standing at any of the floor inside the Palace will never feel heat and sweat even if it is a hot Sunny Day.