Kishanpole Bazar

This guide to Kishanpole Bazar in Jaipur follows Vidyadhar Bhattacharya, the accountant who drew up Jaipur's original street grid for Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II in 1727, and traces how this bazaar took its name from Kishan Pol, one of the city's original gates dedicated to Krishna. You'll hear how he set rules for shop heights, colors and covered porches that still shape the street today. It closes with UNESCO's 2019 recognition of the walled city's plan.