Meherangarh Fort, Jodhpur

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.

Jaswant Thada, Jodhpur

After an exhausting walk in the clossal Meherangarh Fort many people just skip visiting this elegant memorial. It is just one kilometer away from Meherangarh Fort. Its was built in 1899 as a memorial for Maharaja Jaswant Singh II. It looks best with its reflection in the small pond closeby.

Mandore Cenotaphs, Jodhpur

Mandore is 9kms from Jodhpur and is primarily known for its gardens and cenotaphs of Jodhpur rulers. It is also infested with the langur monkeys. A notice board at the entrance clearly forbids one from feeding the monkeys but people come with eatiers and strangely potatoes to feed the monkey gods. The cenotaphs are elaborate and have beautiful sculptures of gods, goddesses, kings and queens on them. The temples are much like the temples of South India in shape and design. Mandore was the capital of Marwar region before Jodhpur city was established.

sculptors on the walls of cenotaphs