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This
is one of the two 340kg silver containers displayed in the Jaipur city
Palace. There were originally three of them. They were constructed in
1901 for a very queer reason. It was during the rule of Maharaja of
Jaipur Sawai Madhav Sigh. The king got an invitation to attend the
coronation of King Edward VII of England. The King was in dilemma. In
one hand it is too important an honour to turn down, especially as India
was under British rule. On the other hand, being a pious Hindu,
Maharaja was concerned that he would be committing a sin if he crosses
the ocean and drink the foreign water. After brainstorming, he came up
with a ingenious solution. He ordered to construct three silver vessels
each of 4000 liter capacity. He took water from River Ganga filled in
these huge urns. This way he will not have to touch foreign water. Hence
these silver urns are known as “Gangaajalies” (Urn which contain the
water from river Ganges). He set out for sea journey. During the second
day of travel, they experienced heavy storms while they were sailing in
the red sea. The priests accompanying the king advised him to abandon
one of the silver urns in the ocean in order to please the ocean God
Varuna. He complied with it and one of the tree silver urns was thrown
into the red sea. So the remaining two urns still rests in the Jaipur
city palace as a symbol of prosperity and splendour of Rajput kings. The
third one might be deep asleep in the bed of red sea. Want to read more about the colorful stories of city palace? You can read it here. For Malayalam, click here
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