About the hotel
Narain Niwas was built in the 1928 by General Amar Singh, Thakur of
Kanota, Commander of the Jaipur State Forces and confident of the then
Maharaja, Sawai Man Singh.
General
Amar Singh was the grandson of Thakur Zorawar Singh, founder of the Kanota
family. Thakur Shivnath Singh, (General Amar Singhji's brother) supervised
the actual construction. The new mansion was named after their father,
Thakur Narain Singh, who had been Chief of police in Jaipur State as well as
a minister at the neighbouring princely state of Alwar.
Narain Niwas was a country residence to which Amar Singh could withdraw
when he wanted a change from his busy administrative and court life, and
from the cares of 'the Kanota family's Haveli (the Narain Niwas) within the
walled city. Like other noblemen of old Jaipur State, he built his "garden
house" in the vicinity of Rambagh, the pleasure garden and palace whose
construction was begun in the 19th century by Maharaja Ram Singh (1835-
J880). Until World War II, Narain Niwas surrounded by jungle where Amar
Singh could go for pig sticking (hunting wild boar), to shoot game birds,
and to hunt black buck and the occasional panther.
Location
Narain Niwas Palace Hotel is centrally located in Jaipur, the Pink City of
India that encloses within its walls all the colors and charms of the
vibrant and colorful state of Rajasthan. Together with Delhi and Agra, it
forms the "Golden Triangle of Tourism". Main places of interest
include Amer Fort-Palace, City Palace, Hawa Mahal , Jantar Mantar
Observatory, Jal Mahal, Jaigarh Fort, Nahargarh Fort, Albert Hall Museum,
Govind Devji Temple, Gaitor, and Birla Temple.
Address
Narain Niwas Palace
Hotel (Heritage Hotel)
Narain Niwas Palace, Kanota Bagh,
Narain Singh Road, Jaipur - 302004,
Rajasthan (India)
