Jodhpur is a city in Rajasthanwho also die blue city is called. It is the second largest city in the state of Rajasthan. It is called the gateway to Thar because it is on the edge of the Thar desert. It is also called the Sun City because the sun (bright and hot) shines almost every day of the year.
 View from Fort Meherangarh to the blue city | ||
| Jodhpur | ||
| State | Rajasthan | |
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| Residents | approx. 950,000 | |
other value for residents on Wikidata: 1033918   | ||
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Jodhpur, once the capital of the historical region Marwar, lies on the edge of the desert Thar in Rajasthan. The city was founded in 1496. At the same time as the Meherangarh Fort Begun on a rock above the city, most of the palaces in the fort date from the 17th century.
Jodhpur gets that too blue city called. Originally the color was a hallmark of the houses of Brahmins, today this tradition has also been adopted by members of other castes, supposedly because the blue color protects against mosquitoes.
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- Meherangarh Fort. A rock towers over 120 m above the northeast of the city, on which a mighty fortification was built. Inside is a multi-storey palace complex that encloses some inner courtyards. The finely crafted sandstone facades and parapets of the balconies are well worth seeing, as is the Meherangarh Museum with a huge bedroom for the princes and the Phool Mahal or Flower palace called audience room.
- Market in the center of the city. The city itself is surrounded by a mighty wall, the market is located in a demarcated area of the old town, accessible through a gate. A clock tower stands in the center of the market.
- Umaid Bhawan City Palace. The last maharaja of the principality of MarwarJodhpur, started in 1929 on the Chittar Hills build a palace in the southeast of the city to provide work for the population after a period of drought. The palace was financed from the private fortune of the Maharajas, the building was designed by a British architect, but there are many references to the traditional architectural style of the Rajputs. The palace only had political significance for a few years, then India gained independence and the Maharajas lost their power. Today's Maharaja still lives in a wing of the building, but most of it is used differently. Much of it is a luxury 5-star hotel, while another is a museum displaying weapons, hunting trophies and collectibles from the Maharajas. The garden is also partly used by the hotel, and atmospheric music and dance performances take place in pavilions.
- Jaswanth Thada. The mausoleum of some of the Maharajas of Jodhpur, built of white marble.
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- Mandore. About 10 km north, temple of the Marwar rulers.
- Balsamand Lake. Bird sanctuary.
- Khimsar Fort. Approx. 60 km.
- Osian. Hindu and Jain temples, approx. 65 km.
