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"JODHPUR"

JODHPUR: - A fabulous place which provides best level of Enjoyment & Entertainment which no one can predict in their sweet dreams and can't felt even after sum up all those magical events in their entire life.

“A visit to Jodhpur at once in life and you will definitely fresh up with incredible experience”

About Jodhpur

Area 22850 sq km.

Altitude 250-300 meters above sea level

Jodhpur is bound by Nagoaur in east, Jaisalmer in west, Bikaner in north and Barmer as well as Pali in south . The length of the district from north to south and from east to west is 197 km and 208 km respectively.

Best time to visit : Novemeber to March

Language : Hindi , English and Marwari

The city is known as the "Sun City" for the bright, sunny weather it enjoys all year. It is also referred to as the "Blue City" due to the blue-painted houses around the Mehrangarh Fort.

Jodhpur, once the capital of the former princely state of Marwar, is now the second largest city of Rajasthan. Flanked on its western side by the Mehrangarh Fort, and on the eastern side by the stately sandstone Palace of Umaid Bhawan; the monuments temples and gardens of Jodhpur depict a multi-faceted grandeur. 

Jodhpur was founded by the Rajput chief Rao Jodha in 1459. The city was the previous capital of the Marwar state. A courageous lookout in the desert, on the eastern edging of the Thar Desert has the difference of neither being a part of the Thar Desert nor out of it. At best it is an entrance to the wonderland of sand dunes and shrubs, rocky land and prickly trees. The home of the Rathroes the grand princely state of Rajasthan. They occupied Marwar, land of the sand after the fall of Delhi and Kannauj. 

In 1459 AD, Rao Jodha, chief of Rathore family of Rajputs, who claimed descent from Rama, the classic here of the Ramayana, laid the base of Jodhpur. A high stone wall protects the well fortified city. The wall is almost 10km in length and has eight gates opposite different directions.

Within, stands an imposing fort on a low range of sandstone hills, about 125m above the surrounding plains. Invincible! And dauntless in its league with time! The city lies at the foot of the hills. The clear distinction between the old and the new city is visible from the ramparts of the fort. On the other side of the Jodhpur city, facing the fort is the UmaidBhawan Palace. The irregular angle of the sunset lends the desert scenery a wonder inspiring glow and the people, a politeness undaunted.

The old city of Jodhpur is fenced by 10 km long wall with eight Gates foremost out of it. The new city is outside the walled city. Rao Jodha, a chief of the Rathore family, founded the city Jodhpur in 1459 and it is named after him.

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