On the third and final day of the trip we also woke up to the Ramzan festive day. After the break fast of bread, flakes, idly, idly podimas, plain paratha and aloo subji we checked out of the hotel. Took courteous leave from the hotel staff and left to the city to visit the left out places.
Our first place of visit today was the Nahargarh fort. This fort stands tall on top of the Amer fort we visited earlier. The entrance fee is Rs.100. At the entrance the Sheesh mahal has a special entry along with the wax museum for a entry fee of Rs.500. When you walk past this, we can come across the water tank built at that time for the residences of the fort. Then the mahal were the king and his queens stayed. A small alley takes us to the apartments, each set in a similar fashion. It was fun going around this and getting a view of the whole mahal from the terrace. The steps that lead unto next level are high and very narrow. Within an hour we were out of the fort.
Our next place today was the Jaigarh fort. This was a huge fort, wall runs along the hill for 12 kms. Gives a full view of the Jaipur city along with a wonder aerial view of the Amer fort. The wall near the entrance was painted in pink. As we go in our first stop is at the world's huge canon housed here. Cab takes a steep up hill path to the place where is the canon is housed. We have to drive further to the mahal. Cab are allowed to go further in but at a cost of Rs.150 more for parking. We took this to save some time and energy. At the entrance is set the temple and priest are found here. This fort looks like where most the official work had been done. We saw the court, place for the king and consorts behind him in holed walls. The king's backyard with garden provides a magnificent view. There is a small museum set at one end of the mahal where one could see the photos and maps. The corners of the fort at the top are view points not to be missed. There is bool bhoolaiya or maze in the mahal which was fun to go around. We also witnessed puppet show here in the puppet theatre setup years ago. By the time we were out of the fort we were exhausted. Had tea at the exit and bid bye the Jaigarh fort.
We wanted to taste non-veg food from local cuisine today, our driver recommended his friends place for Lal mass. We had it along with a roti and small plate of rice along with chicken soup. Driver had Rajathani thali. We were billed for these at Rs.1500. We next wanted to do some shopping - at a blue pottery store we bought a small vase and plate for Rs.900. Blue pottery is a Rajasthani speciality work the item made, painted and then painted. Unlike ceramic this is weight less but needs a support at the bottom to stand. For clothes we wanted to do street shopping at one of the famous bazaars for the driver dropped us at the shop. Got Rajasthani bedsheet set and 2 dresses and 3 sets of bangles for Rs.3700 here. We had to cover temples before leaving. So went to Gopaldevji temple at 4:30, waited till 5 for it to open. It was a good darshan that we had followed by Moti Dungri Ganesh temple and Birla Mandir. With that we headed towards airport. On the way made a pitstop at Sodhani sweets to get Ghevar.
As the airport we had to pack our last purchases and do the check in. After that we could get the much needed refresh which was denied since the morning. The flight this time was on-time but by the be boarded we were hungry. Reached Chennai by 11:30 pm. Being Ramzan holiday we managed to get kuska biryani at 12:30 am on the way. Had it after reaching home and gave away to the slumber.
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