The closer and closer i got to Meherangarh Fort the bigger and bigger the fort grew. It is the biggest fort i have ever seen. The wall of this fort built on a ridge overlooking Jodhpur city are over 36 meters high. The fort is built around the landscape of the hill and looks majestic and huge from every angel you see it. It dominates the Jodhpur skyline and when you look down from the many windows of the fort you feel dizzy. Thankfully unlike the Jaisalmer Fort , Meherangarh Fort is well protected and kept after. Besides the magnificient palaces, corridors and halls the tourism deparment has littered the fort with folk singers and artisans who sing and play for the tourists and make handicrafts like plastic bangles in front of them.
Meherangarh from my hotel
meherangarh fort from the city
Meherangarh fort from the city lake
Meherangarh fort
Reflection of Meherangarh in Jodhpur lake
Meherangarh fort
Jodhpur city through canons of Meherangarh
Bird on wire and Meherangarh Fort
Rajasthani man and Meherangarh
Meherangarh and blue Jodhpur city
Meherangarh fort and Jodhpur city
Entrance of Meherangarh Fort
Massive height of Meherangarh Fort
Tourists on the bastions of Meherangarh
A window in Meherangarh Fort
Canon on the roof of the fort
Canon on the fort and Jodhpur city
Jodhpur city and Canon on Meherangarh
View through the canon on Meherangarh
The view from the gate
A bangle maker at the fort
Canon at the fort
Old canon and Jodhpur city
A woman looks down at Jodhpur city from the fort
Approach road to the fort.
Spiral stairways in the fort
One of the rooms in the fort
Rajasthani man in the corridor.
Arched windows and Jodhpur city.
The metal bars on the windows of the fort.
Fort entrance
Rao Jodhaji's Falsa at the fort.
Attendant at the fort.
The folk singers at the fort.
This traditional rajasthani man is a live model who sits with a hukka in the fort.
Fort-View from below
Fort from below
The driver waits for his tourists outside
Tourists wait their turn in the lift.
The canon, the fort and the city.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Meherangarh Fort, Jodhpur
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Online Bus Ticket Booking. Jodhpur is the second largest city in the indian state of rajasthan. 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 lies near the geographic centre of rajasthan state, which makes it a convenient base for travel in a region much frequented by tourists.
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