Viratnagar is about 86 km from Jaipur on the Jaipur-Shahpura-Alwar route. You have to turn for Viratnagar at Shahpura on Jaipur Delhi Highway.
But why Viratnagar? Who goes to Viratnagar? You might ask.
A little time invested in visiting the sights this town has to offer will pay rich dividends, you will see.
Viratnagar has been a witness to a lot of history being made. According to the excavations done around this town people have been living here since the prehistoric times.
Accorading to the Mahabharat,King Virat founded the city Viratnagar, and the Pandavs spent thirteen years of ‘Agyatvas’(exile) here. This is the city which saw much wheeling & dealing to broker peace to avoid the great war of Mahabharat. Ancient travelers have mentioned their visits to the city. The river Banganga flows near by, a fair is held here every year.
Beejak Ki Pahari
This serene site is in the lap of the Aravali mountain range. On a ridge under a rock shaped like a Cannon there is an ancient Hanuman temple.
And there are remains of a Budhist Monastry & a Budhist Stupa shrine from the Mauryan times. This site was found in work done in 1935-36. This is a protected site of ASI.
In recent development work done here a cement shelter has been built at the foot of the hillock.
Ganesh Mandir and the Local Museum. The museum has some relics of great importance and antiquity from the Ashokan period.
A stepwell on the way to Panch Malla Mahal badly in need of restoration.
Panch Mala Mahal. Raja Man Singh had this imposing structure made. Emperor Akbar used to stay here on his way to the Ajmer shrine.
I think he has seen a lot of tourists pass by this palace.
The paintings on the domes of the chatries of the palace.
Shri Shri 1008 Digambar Jain Nasiyan.
Shri Shri 1008 Digambar Jain Nasiyan, Mughal Gate,Viratnagar
Maybe the ghost who walks was here! This is his mark.
Books About Jaipur You Should Read
The Karan’s Jaipur Book Store
Times Food Guide-First Jaipur Edition
A Princess Remembers:The Memoirs of The Maharani of Jaipur By Gayatri Devi , Santha Rama Rau
The Last Maharaja: A biography of Sawai man Singh II,Maharaja Of Jaipur by Quentin Crewe
Building Jaipur:The Making of an Indian City By Vibhuti Sachdev
History Of The Jaipur City by Ashim k. Roy
A History Of Jaipur, C.1503-1938 by Jadunath Sarkar,Raghubir Sinh
Jaipur The Last Destination by Aman Nath,Samar Singh Jodha
Reversing The Gaze:Amar Singh’s Diary,A Colonial Subject’s Narrative of Imperial India By Amar Singh,Susanne Hoeber Rudolph,Loyd I. Rudolph and Mohan Singh Kanota
Jaipur And Its Environs by Harnath Singh Dundlod
The Relations Of Jaipur State With East India Company,1803-1858 by H.C.Batra
Notes On Jaipur By H.L.Showers
Homage To Jaipur by Mulk Raj Anand
Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur Life And Legend by R.P.Singh,K.Raj Pal Singh
Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh II Of Jaipur The Photographer Prince By Yaduendra Sahi
Jaipur Nama: Tales From The Pink City by Giles Henry Rupert Tillotson
Jaipur City Palace by Giles Henry Rupert Tillotson and Vibhuti Sachdev
Postage Stamps Of Jaipur byJ.R.M.Albrecht
A History Of Rajasthan By Rima Hooja
Travel
Rajasthan by Outlook Traveller Getaways
Jaipur City Map by The RTDC
Jaipur City Guide
Cookery
Marwari Kitchen Published By Roli Books
Cooking Delights of Maharajas:Exotic Dishes from the princely house of Sailana by Digvijay Singh
Newspapers
Rajasthan Patrika
www.rajasthanpatrika.com
Dainik Bhaskar
www.bhaskar.com
Times Of India, Jaipur Edition
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
Hindustan Times,Jaipur
http://www.hindustantimes.com
Web Portals
www.jaipurshop.com
http://www.pinkcity.net/
RTDC
http://www.rajasthantourism.gov.in/new/site/index.htm
There is a book store near you in Jaipur almost everywhere so buy a book and read it-that’s what they are there for.
Cafe Coffee Day,Gaurav Tower,( with Coffee Shop)
Cafe Coffee Day,M.I.Road,(Book Shop Only)
Barwara Book House,in Barwara House,near Ajmer Pulia,(2223042)
Books & News Mart,M.I.Road(2370252)
Books Corner,M.I.Road(2366323)
Bookwise,Mall 21,Bhagwandas Road(2364755)
Universal Books,M.I.Road(5105640)
Prakash Books,129,sunder Path,Banipark (5067175)
Book World,Rajasthan University Campus,(shopping complex)(2705773)
Rajat Book Corner,Narain Singh Road,near Trimurthy Circle(2568833)
Hindi Literature on the net
Hindi Poetry
BHOJPATRA
Hindi Prose
A Hindi Magazine
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