Bada Bagh
One of the famous parks and gardens of Rajasthan, Bada Bagh is 3 km from Jaisalmer. Bada Bagh is a fruitful oasis in the charming backdrop of a pretty rain fed lake and a dam in the middle of the plateau. Built by Maharaja Jai Singh II, much of the city's fruit and vegetables are grown here and above it are royal cenotaphs with elegantly carved ceiling and equestrian statues of former rulers.
Ram Niwas Garden
The last Maharaja Ram Singh II, as a famine relief project, laid out the popular Ram Niwas Gardens located in Jaipur in 1868. It houses a zoo, an aviary, a greenhouse, a herbarium, a museum and several sports grounds. The Albert Hall museum is especially noted for its Indo-Saracenic structure. Recently there have been some additions such as Rabindra Manch with an auditorium, a modern art gallery and an open-air theatre.
Gulab Bagh
Gulab Bagh, translated as 'The Garden Of Roses', is located in the Sajjan Niwas Park, Udaipur. Laid out by Sajjan Singh in the late 19th Century, it boasts of all types of roses available all over the world. It houses Saraswati Bhawan Library (originally called the Victoria Hall) was built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and the Aravalli Express, a toy train, shows off the garden in a most pleasurable way.
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