Why is Jaipur known as the Pink City?

Question

Why is Jaipur known as the Pink City?

Answer 1

Jaipur as well as many of the other cities in rajasthan have nicknames by color. Jaipur is the Pink city bcoz all the buildings have a pinkish tint to them. Udaypur(another city in Rajasthan)is known as the white city bcoz the majority of the buildings are made of marble there. Jaisalpur is known as the Yellow city bcoz many of the buildings there are made of sandstone and therefore give off a yellowish tint.

Answer 2

it depends on the person's eye if a blind man sees it he will not say that jaipur is a pink city............ if a person who is colour blind will never call jaipur a pink city....... he will call it a colour less city............ tricky but a common scense question.......

Answer 3

cos most of the building either made from pinkies stone or pink paint

Answer 4

The exteriors of main buildings, structures, ancient palaces, market places were painted in Pink till recent past and the overall look of the city was pink in shade, that is why it is also called Pink City.

However, now the things have changed and still changing, but the reference as Pink City is still recoganised.

Answer 5

coz the buildings give a shade of pink in the evening

Answer 6

The old city of Jaipur when it was under the rule of Maharani Gayatri Devi was surrounded by walls on all sides. These walls were made up of Red Stones, but the stone walls appeared Dark pink in colour and hence it came to be known as the Pink City. These walls still exist in the old city

Answer 7

as there are the buildings which are made up of reddishpink stone.