Royal Family Flag - Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
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N 26° 55.600 E 075° 49.420
43R E 581775 N 2978579
The flag of the erstwhile royal family of Jaipur at the top of the Chandra Mahal at the City Palace of Jaipur the capital of the Indian state of Rajasthan.
Waymark Code: WMQ5KX
Location: India
Date Posted: 12/24/2015
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City Palace, Jaipur, includes the Chandra Mahal and Mubarak Mahal palaces and other buildings. It was the seat of the Maharaja of Jaipur, the head of the Kachwaha Rajput clan. Chandra Mahal is the private residence of the Jaipur Royal family.
The Kachwahas were a Rajput clan who ruled over a number of princely states in western India, especially present day Rajasthan. The largest and oldest among these kingdoms was the state of Amber, which later came to be known as Jaipur. The original flag of the Kachwahas was the ‘Jhadshahi’, or tree marked flag, which bore the figure of a Kachnar tree (Bauhinia Variegata) on a white background.
As the Kachwaha clan grew bolder and greater, they annexed neighbouring kingdoms and came to be known as a force to be reckoned with. When Raja Man Singh, in 1585, defeated five major Afghan tribes, the flag of Amber was changed to include the 5 colours of the 5 tribes. The simple green creeper on a white background gave way to five bands of colours – red, yellow, white, green and blue. The new flag was called the ‘Pachranga’, the flag with 5 colours.
The flag of the royal family is seen unfurled when the Maharaja is in the palace which was the case when we visited the City Palace on November 2015.
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