How many jharokhas (small windows) does the Hawa Mahal have?

Explanation

Hawa Mahal, also called the Palace of Winds, is remembered in RAS art-and-culture questions for a very specific architectural detail: it has 953 small windows or jharokhas. The official Rajasthan Tourism description says the five-storied structure gets its distinctive, honeycomb-like appearance from these 953 latticework windows. That detail also explains the purpose behind the design. The windows allowed royal women inside the palace to watch city life and festival celebrations without being seen, while the latticework helped air pass through the facade. So the number is not a loose tourist fact; it is tied to the building's visual identity and its social function within royal Jaipur.

Why the other options are wrong

• (B) 753 is wrong because the official Rajasthan Tourism description fixes the Hawa Mahal window count at 953, not 753.
• (C) 853 is wrong because it understates the documented 953 latticework windows that give Hawa Mahal its honeycomb-like appearance.
• (D) 553 is wrong because the question asks for the total jharokhas of Hawa Mahal, and the verified count is 953 windows.

Concept

This tests Rajasthan History, Art and Culture through a landmark of Jaipur architecture. Such questions recur in RAS because monuments are tested through distinctive, memorable features rather than only names and locations.

Source

• Department of Tourism, Government of Rajasthan

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