Forts & Palaces of Jodhpur
Umaid
Bhawan Palace
Maharaja Umaid Singhji who built this palace was fascinated with western lifestyles
so he marshalled the services of a well-known Edwardian architect, Henry Vaughan
Lanchester, a creditable equal of Edward Lutyens (architect of New Delhi) to
construct a three hundred and forty seven roomed Umaid Palace.
Mehrangarh Fort
Perched on a 150 m high hill its sprawl is the most formidable and magnificent
fort in Rajasthan. Rao Jodha founded it in 1459 but subsequent rulers of Jodhpur
have also added to it over the centuries. A meandering road leads to the from
the city 5 kms below. Battle scars of canon ball hit by attacking armies of
Jaipur can still be seen on the second gate.
Jaswant Thada
On the way down from the fort, on left is Jaswant Thada, the graceful marble
cenotaph of Maharaja Jaswant Singh II. His son Maharaja Sardar Singhji built
the Taj Mahal of Marwar in the memory of Maharaj Jaswant Singhji II of Jodhpur.
The cenotaphs of earlier Maharajas and Maharanis are at Mandore. Wives and concubines
committed Sati on Jaswant Funeral pyre.
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