Bagru

Bagru is a small village near jaipur and located at a distance of 30 Kms from Jaipur, on Jaipur-Aimer Road. The village of Bagru is not popular for any palace or heritage fort, but for its typical wooden prints. These prints of Bagru are acclaimed all over India and are particularly known as Bagru prints and famous as heritage villages of jaipur. The Prints of Bagru, unlike other prints, involve a different kind of printing and made it a part of heritage places listing and tourist sites in jaipur.

The unique method for printing employs wooden block in it. In this process, the desired design is engraved on the wooden block first and then the carved block is used for replicating the design in the preferred color on the fabric.

The Chippa Mohalla (printer's quarter) is the area for those, who are interested in textile printing. One can walk into the quarter, where people are always engrossed with dyes and blocks. The three-centuries-old tradition of block printing is kept alive with the efforts of Bagru artisans.

Keeping the convention, these artisans smear the cloth with Fuller's earth got from the riverside and then dip it in turmeric water to get the habitual cream color background. After that, they stamp the cloth with beautiful designs using natural dyes of earthly shades.

Abhaneri

Abhaneri village is a small place near jaipur, situated at a distance of 95 km from Jaipur, on Jaipur-Agra road. The place is popular for the amazing 'Baoris' (step wells) and Harshat Mata Temple a heritage place. The village of Abhaneri is believed to be established by the King Raja Chand. Originally Abhaneri was named as Abha Nagri, which means the city of brightness, but due to mispronunciation of the term, it is changed to the present name.

In the present day, this city of brightness is in ruins, still it attracts tourists from across the globe because it is a heritage of jaipur and places of interest near jaipur. Abhaneri is prominent for 'Baoris', which are the unique invention of the natives for harvesting rain water. Amongst the other step wells, Chand Baori is the most popular one. This colossal step well is located in front of the Harshat Mata Temple.

Chand Baori is one of India's deepest and largest step wells. The huge tank with delicate carvings is certainly delightful to the eyes.