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Jodhpur

1. HIS T O R Y OF R A J ASTHAN Jodhpur city Presenting By: Megha Jain

2. INT R ODUCT I ON T O J O D HP UR ( S UN CI T Y ) • T h e di s trict of J o d h p u r p o p u l a rly k n own as S u n c ity was k n own as the a n ci e nt ki n gd o m of M arwar the l a nd o f D e a t h, t h e l a rg e s t k i n g d om in R a j p u t a n a a n d t h e t h ird l a rg e s t o f t h e I n d i an K i n g d o m s , a f t e r K as h m ir a n d H y d e ra b a d . J o d h p u r , f o r m er c a p it a l of Mar w ar s t a t e , r e t a i n s m u c h of its m e d i ev al c h a ra c te r . Be g i n n i ng in 1 5 4 9 , wh e n t h e c ity was c a l l e d J o d h g a rh, t h e Ra t h o r c l a n of Ra j p u ts f o u g ht a nd ru l ed fr o m t h e v ir t u a l l y i m pr e g n a b le f o rt u n til t h e i r t e rri t ory c o v er e d s o m e 3 5 , 00 s q. m i l es m a k i n g it the l a rg e s t R a j p ut s t a t e .      

3. I • {\ '.. L r n O i r C A TION ' Jodhpur Ind i a R ajasth a n

4. HIS T O R Y OF J OD H PUR Jodhpu r h i s t o ry re v o l v e s a r o un d t h e Ra tho re Cl an . Rao Jodha , t h e ch i e f o f t h e Ra tho re c l a n , is c r e d i te d w i t h th e o r ig in o f Jodhpu r in I nd i a . He f ounde d Jodhpu r in 1459 . T h e c i t y i s na m e d a f te r h im on l y . It w a s p r e v i ous ly kno w n a s M a r w a r . T h e f o l lo w i n g pa r a g r a ph s w i l l t e ll y o u m o re abou t t h e pas t o f Jodhpu r , R a j as t han . T h e Ra tho r e s w e re d r i v e n ou t o f t he ir o r ig i na l ho m e l and , K auna j, b y A f g hans . T he y f le d to P a l i , nea r to t h e p r e sen t da y Jodhpu r . Ra tho re S i aha ji m a r r i e d t h e s i s t e r o f a l o ca l p r ince . T h is he l p e d t h e Ra tho r e s to es t ab l is h an d s t reng t h e n t he m se l v e s in th is r e g i on . In so me t i me t h e y o us t e d t h e P r a t iha r a s o f M ando r e , j us t 9 k m o f t oda y 's Jodhpu r . I n i t i a l l y , M ando re se r v e d a s t h e ir cap i ta l, bu t, b y 1 459 , Ra tho r e s f e lt a nee d f o r a secu re cap i ta l. T h is l ea d to t h e f o rm a t io n o f Jodhpu r , t h e S u n Cit y , b y Rao Jodha . T h e Ra tho r e s en j o y e d goo d r e l a t ion s w i t h a ll t h e M ugha l s , e x cep t A u r a ngzeb . M aha r a ja Jas w an t S i n g h e v e n suppo r te d S hah j aha n in h is s t rugg le f o r success i on . A f te r A u r a ngzeb 's dea t h , M aha r a ja A j i t S i ng h d r o v e ou t M ugha ls f ro m A jm e r an d adde d it to M a r w a r ( n o w J odhpu r ) . Un d e r t h e r e i g n o f M aha r a ja U m e d S i ngh , Jodhpu r g r e w in to a f in e m ode rn c i t y . Du r i n g t h e B r i t is h Ra j , t h e s t a te o f Jodhpu r w a s th e l a r g es t in Ra jpu t a na , b y lan d a r e a . Jodhpu r p r o spe r e d unde r t h e B r i t is h Ra j . I t s m e r c han t s , t h e M a r w a r is , f lou r ishe d end l e ss l y . T he y c a me to occup y a do mi nan t pos i t i o n in t rad e t h r o ughou t I nd i a . In 194 7 I nd ia beca me i n dependen t an d t h e s t a te me rge d i n to t h e un i o n o f I nd i a . Jodhpu r beca me t h e secon d c i t y o f R a j as t han . 

5. F L A G OF M A R W A R ( J O D H PUR) S T A T E F L A G OF T HE J O D HP UR C O A T OF AR MS

6. ~ CLIM A TE OF J OD H PUR The climate of J o dhp u r is hot and s e mi - a r id du r ing its nea r ly yearlong d r y s e a s on, but c o ntains a b r ief r a iny s e a s on from late J u ne to Sep t ember . A lthough the average r a infall is a r ound 450 milli m etres ( 1 8 in), it f lu c tua t es g r eatl y . T emperatu r es are e x treme from Mar c h to O c tobe r , except w h en the mon s oon a l r a in p r o d u c es thick cl o uds to low e r it slig h tl y . In the months of April, May and J u ne, high temperatures r o utinely exceed 40 degre e s Cel s ius. Du r ing the mon s oon s e a s on, average temperatures de c r e a s e slig h tl y .  - ~ ~ ~ 20 ,: 1 5 - .... .... .... .... - r- r- - - - • A v e r a g e H i g h .,. .,. .,. .,. • A v e r a ge L o w  E 20 • • R a i n f a ll JODHPUR RAINFALL 140 120 100 e 8 .: 6 4 • . - . . - . . • . . . . - . ' ' www. veet h i.c om .... r- .... - t i t - 1 ~ ~ - - ~ ~ JODHPUR CLIMATE 45 40 35 e 30 ~ - - E 25 - .... .... r- 5 T T T \ VWW. ve e t h i . c o m

7. CONNECTIVI T Y Rail w ays : J odhpur railway sta t ion is t he divi s ional  headquar t er s o f th e Nort h W es t er n Railway s (N W R). It is well connec t ed with rail w ays to major Indian ci t ies. Air : Jodhpur Airport is one of the pro m inent airports  of R ajasthan. It is pri m arily a military a irbase with a ci v il enclo s ure to allow for ci v ilian a ir tra f fi c . Due to Jodhpur's s t rategic loca t ion, this airport is regarded as one of the mo s t important ones for the Indian Air F o rce. Road : Jodhpur is connec t ed by road to all m ajor ci t ies in R ajas t han and neighboring s t ates like Delhi, Ahmed a bad, Sura t , Ujjain, Agra et c . 

8. T OURI S M Jodhpur's most notable attra c tions are Mehra n garh F o rt, U m aid Bha w an Palace, Jaswant T h ada, and the Ghanta G h a r , or C lock T owe r . T ouris t s are al s o within p roximi t y to F ort Auw a , Man d ore, Kaylana Lake and Garden, Balsamand Lak, M andaleshwar Mahad e v T emple (Mandaln a th), R atanada Ganesh T em p le, Sardar Sam a nd Lake and Palace, M asooria Hills, V eer D urgadas Smarak (monum e nt, park a n d museum), Bhim Bhirak Cave, and Ravan Ka M andi r , the only R avan t emple in I ndia. Other at t rac t ion of people are at m arke t s of food, antique items, tradi t ional clo t hes and tradi t ional shoes (also called jod h p u ri mojar i ) held in Jodhpu r . 

9. roc k y defen c e s . IN VIN C I BLE F OR T M ehrangadh or the m a j e s t i c fort, was founded i n 1459 AD by Rao J odha, who was respo nsi b l e for s ett i ng up the ci ty of J odhpu r . The fort e m pha sis es to a greater e x tent than m o s t other forts of Ra j a s than, the s trange paradox between the i ntri c a ci es of Ra j put m ili tary arch i te c ture of the 15t h - 18th c entury period and the f l a m bo y an c e of the Ra j put pri nc es i n the l at e - 19th and ea r l y 20th c entur y . The fort ra m b l es a c ross a p l ateau on a 393 ft h i gh h ills , w i th nu m erous s e m i - ci rcu l ar ba s t i ons and wa ll s that are 121 ft h i gh and 68 ft th ic k at p l a c e s , 100 ft o v er the neare s t pa ss , w i th s uperb natural       

10. G LI M P SES OF M E H R AN G A DH F O R T

11. IN S I DE M E H R A N G ARH F O R T ENTR A N C E P A L A CE J H A RO KH A SHEE S H M , AHAL

12. G LI M P SES OF LA KE B AL SAMAND A su m m er res i d e nce of t he Ma h ar a j a hs of Jo d h p ur n o w co n vert e d to a h e rita g e h o tel It is R a j a sth a n's o l d e st artific i al l a k e s an d o n e o f the f ir s t artific i al l a kes in t he co u ntr y . The p a l a ce is set on a cliff w ith j a rok h as a n d i n tricate l a t t ic e d w i n d o w s, t h ro u gh w h i ch b r ee z e s w a f t i n g f r o m ov e r the l a ke co u ld e n ter a n d co o l the ch am b e rs, m ak i ng it the id e al su m m er g e ta w ay from the d e sert city of Jo d h p ur for t he Ma h ar a j a hs of Mar w a r .

13. MA N DOR : • C AP I T AL O F E R S T W H ILE MA R W AR H i storic Ma n d o re w as the ca p ital of Marwa r , d ur i ng the rule of t he P a ri h ar R a j p uts, b e fore t h i s r eg i o n w as co n q u er e d by the Rat h or e s, and R a o Jo d ha se l ect e d the rocky d e fe n ses to t he so u th of M ando re for h i s n e w ca p ital cit y , J o d h p u r . The sto n e g ar d en p a l a ce of Ma h ar a ja A b h a i Si n gh w ho ca m e h e re to e n j o y the l u s h , g r ee n ga r den s, p om e g ra n ate orc h ar d s a n d fo u nt a i n s of Ma n d o re.

14. C H A TTRI E S OF M A N DOR  M ando re is n o w a s ubu rb o f J odhpu r , fil l e d w ith re l ics of its h i stor y - 8 th c en tury  Gu p ta t e m p l e, six ch a t t ri e s of the Rat h ore R a j p ut ru l ers of Mar w a r , 3 0 c h attri e s of t he  Ma h ar a n i s of Marwa r , r u i n s of an old cita d el on a p l at e a u .  R e l a tive l y rec e nt a d d i tio n s are t he Mar w ar H a ll of H e ro e s, shr i ne of 3 m i l l i on  Go d s a n d the lawns. H e re o n e m ay find a ch a r m i n g co l l e ction of cre m ati o n -site m e m o ri a ls,  m ostly 1 7 th-1 8 th ce n tury set a m i d st sur p ris i n g ly gr e e n . cl e an a n d h a ssl e -free g a rd e ns.

15. W AL L C A R VING I N M A N DOR

16. EK T H AMBA M A HAL S A ND S T ONE S CULPTU R ED M A HAL S I N GLE P I L L A R Summ e r R e tr e at of E r stwh i le Maha r aj a s

17. M A J E ST I C J A S W A NT T H A D A The Ja s want Thanda, lo c ated half w a y up the interminably long r o ad that climbs on w a r ds to the fort, is the traditional c r emation g r ound of the r u lers of J o dhp u r . T a k ing p r ide of pla c e among s t the on r namental ga r dens and c h at t ris is the fabulous w h ite mar b le memori a l to J a s w ant Singh I I, built in 1899. J a s w ant Thada has a s e r e ne mar b le faca d e outsid e ,colo r f u l interio r s.

18. C L OCK T O W ER S a d a r b a za a r is a l i ve l y , b u stli n g, co l o u rful mark e t w h ich r un s from S o j a ti Gate to the C l ockt o w e r . Pretty much a n y thi n g can be b o u g ht in t he Sa d ar b a za a r b u t the ar e a ar o u n d the clockt o w er sp e ci a l i ses in spic e s, g l ass b a n g l e s, ru g g e d l e at h er w a re an d viv i d tie- a n d -d y e printed fabric s . Some l oc a l del i c a ci e s l i ke m a w a k a c ho ri, p y a z k a chori and m a k han i a la s si, ' t he e x tra b u t t ery b u t t erm i lk', are gua r an te e d to l e a ve y o u w an ti n g mor e .

19. B I S H N OIS: TR IB A LS OF M A R W A R The Bis n oi co m m u n ity is kn o w n to pr o tect tre e s a n d w i l d l ife w ith a r e l i g i o u s   p a ssi o n. The rec e nt t re n d for e n vir o n m e n t co n serv a tion h a s br o u g ht the Bis n oi fa i th i n to t he int e rn a tio n al l i m e l i g ht. Bishn o is:Col o urful peo p le ne a r J o d h p ur Bis n o i s often live in little h a m l e ts ca l l e d `D h a n n i s', w ith j u st a few ro u nd h u ts w ith i n tricate th a tch e d r o ofs, extr e m e l y p i ctur e sq u e to l o ok at, Bis n oi w o m en are co l o u rful l y dr e ssed a n d w e a r b e a u tiful or n a m e n ts. Th e y scrub t he f l o ors of the h u ts an d the co m m o n c ou rtyar d s w h ich are a l w a ys cl e an , an d c oo k in e a rth e n o v en s. V is i ting th e ir h am l e ts can be a an ex p er i e n ce in cu l ture a n d e n vir o n m e n t frie n d l y pr a ctises. Each h u t is surr o u n d e d by tre e s a n d s h ru b s, a c o ntr a st to the sa n dy d e sert ar o u n d. Far m s b o rd e red by tre e s a n d p l a n ts pr o tect a g a i nst the a d va n ci n g sa n d d u n es. Th e se t r ad iti o na l tec h no l o g i e s m a ke th e ir a r ea s a gr e e n oa sis in the d e s e rt sa n ds a n d scr u b. T h e y cle a n d e ad w o o d b ef o re b u rn i ng so a s n o t to h u rt a n y l i t t le cre a tur e s sh e lter i ng i n si d e.           

20. B I S H N OI TRI BE OF J O D HP UR

21. T AL E OF B L UE H O U SE S  T he I ndian ' S un C i ty ' of J odhpur st ands on t he edge of t he Great T har D e s er t . I t e c hoes w i t h t ales of  an t iqui t y in t he e m p t ine s s of t he de s er t . Al s o c alled t he B l u e C i ty as m o st hou ses, acc o r d i n g to an  age-old pr a ct i c e' are pai n t ed w i t h ind i go blue c olor t o w ard off m osquit o e s . Overlooki n g t he c i t y , w i t h  t he s uperbly de s igned Um aid Bha w an Pala c e, is t he a w e -in s piring M eherangarh f ort right in t he  m iddle of t he t o w n.  Brah m puri - t he c olony of Brah m ins - is J odhpur ' s olde s t re s iden t ial s e ct ion. F or y ear s , t he ho m es in  Brah m puri ha v e been w a s hed in a par t i c ul a r s hade of blue. I t is an adept re f le c t or of s unlight and k eeps  t he in t eriors c ool. Brah m ins u s ed t o c olor t heir houses blue t o gi v e t hem a di st in c t i v e ident it y . But no w ,  m ore and m ore pe o ple are t aking t o t his pa r t i c ular t int of b lue.

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