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Jaipur,
the proud capital of illustrious Rajput kings packed to its bounds by several
spectacular monuments and eye catching red stone residences, is enshrining
several places of worship carrying on devotional activities with an exuberance
of rare type uniting kings and commoners throughout the year. That superb Rajput
architecture adorned with inimitable sculpture meets the eye at every pace and
enthralls the visitors. The temple built in imposing dimensions exhibits an
excellent artistry of the sculptors and refined taste of the builders. Colourful
pictures beautifying the panels and pillars feast the eyes of the visitors and
detain them longer than their expectation.
The Shila Devi temple once built exclusively for the ruling
princes is a rare piece of beauty wringing ardent veneration by public by its
exotic beauty and awe some origin According to legend, Raja Man Singh was a
great devotee of
goddess
Kali and was invoking her grace both in peace and during war. When caught in a
dreadful a crisis, he appealed to her to bless him with success against his
formidable enemies. She fulfilled his desire.
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