JAIPUR
Nine intricately painted arches at the entrance to Jawahar Circle — go at sunrise for empty-gate photos; by mid-morning it's wall-to-wall influencers waiting for the same shot.
A modern addition to Jaipur's cityscape, construction began in 2015 and the gate opened to the public in 2016, funded and built by the Patrika Group of newspapers at Jawahar Circle near the airport; it was formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi via video link in 2020. It was designated the city's symbolic 'ninth gate,' extending Sawai Jai Singh II's historical planning principle of dividing Jaipur into nine sectors based on Vedic astrology, even though it guards a traffic circle rather than the old walled city. Its nine pavilions are covered edge to edge in hand-painted frescoes depicting Rajasthani forts, palaces, and folk life, functioning as a large-scale public artwork rather than a heritage structure.
