JODHPUR

The largest kingdom in Rajputana and the third largest of the Indian
Kingdoms, after Kashmir and Hyderabad.
The Rathorse belong to the Suryavansha (solar race) branch of the
Kshatriyas, the warrior caste of Hindus.
Region includes the present-day districts of Barmer, Jalore, lakshman
nagar, Jodhpur, Nagaur, and Pali.

MARWAR

ORIGION OF JODHPUR
Palace of Mandor was captured bye Rana Kumbha the king
of chittor .
Jodha,2nd son of Rainmal, fled Chittor and finally, 15 years
later, recaptured Mandore in 1453.
Rao jodha established jodhpur
Rao jodha established and developed jodhpur
He decided to transfer the palace from Mandor to jodhpur
Site for the fort was selected according to the water
availability near it
The fort was built at the hill top and the city lied at its foot
The whole city was surrounded by high wall with 7 gates

HISTORY

Rao Jodha

 Rao jodhas grand son Maal dev became the king in Humayuns time (1532)
His son Chandra sen, the next king lost a battle against Akbar
Chandrasens elder brother Uday Singh joined hands with Akbar and was made the
king of jodhpur

HISTORY

JASWANT SINGH JI
Several rulers of Jodhpur became trusted lieutenants of the Mughals, With the
support of the Mughals, the court of Jodhpur flourished and the kingdom became a
great centre of the arts and culture.
Maharaja Jaswant Singh backed the wrong prince in the great war of succession to
the Mughal throne.
He was in power for almost twenty-five years with Aurangzeb before he was sent
out to the frontier as viceroy in Afghanistan.
Aurangzeb then tried to seize his infant son, but loyal retainers smuggled the little
prince out of his clutches, hidden in a basket of sweets.

HISTORY

SIR PRATAP

Pratap singh son of man singh never became the king of

jodhpur but has a great contribution is modernising and
developing jodhpur.
In the 1870's, a remarkable man came to the fore in Jodhpur:
Sir Pratap Singh . he himself ruled a neighbouring kingdom
called Idar, abdicated to become Regent of Jodhpur, which he
ruled, in effect, for nearly fifty years. Sir Pratap Singh was a
great warrior . He became an intimate friend of three British
sovereigns. At Queen Victoria's durbar he is said to have
presented her not with mere jewels, like everyone else, but
with his own sword, his most valuable possession as aRajput
warrior. Sir Pratap Singh laid the foundation of a modern state
in Jodhpur, which Maharaja Umaid Singh (reigned 1918-47)
built upon.

HISTORY

He created the man made lake

Kailana , which serves as the main
source of water .
He brought the railways to Marwar
He owned the ship house
He started many schools n
hospitals at jodhpur.

KAILANA

 Son of Jaswant Singh ji II

He became the ruler in 1939
In 1939 a sever drought struck jodhpur ,
Umaid Singh ji took help of Ria seths of
Pipar to save jodhpur and opened his royal
treasure for jodhpur .
He started the project of Umaid palace for
2 purposes
To replace the old palace with a new
palace of modern jodhpur
To provide employment to people .

Umaid Singh Ji

ARCHITECTURE

 Umaid Bhawan Palace, located at Jodhpur in

Rajasthan, India, is one of the world's largest
private residences.
It is named after Maharaja Umaid Singh,
grandfather of the present owners of the
palace, this monument has 347 rooms and
serves as the principal residence of the
It was designed by
erstwhile Jodhpur royal family.
an
edwardian
architectect Henry
Vaughan Lanchester
and an indian
architect BUDHMAL
RAI.
Umaid Bhavan palace of
Jodhpur is a fine example of
Indo-Saracenic architecture.

UMAID BHAWAN

The palace
grounds cover 26
acres (10.5 ha), out
of which the
constructed area
covers 3.5 acres
(1.4 ha) while 15
acres (6.1 ha) are
devoted to the
lawns.

India's Umaid Bhavan palace has an amazing Central

Rotunda, the cupola rising to a hundred and five feet high.
There is also the Throne Room with
its exquisite Ramayana murals, a
library, a private museum, an indoor
swimming pool, a Billiards Room,
tennis courts and unique marble
squash courts.

Construction employed more than 5000 men for fifteen years.

The building does not use mortar or cement to bind stones
together;all of its pieces are carved stones joined together by a
system of carved, interlocking positive and negative pieces.
Umaid Bhavan is designed in such a manner that it always
maintains the temperature at approximately 23 degrees Celsius.

 Mehrangarh Fort, is one of the largest forts in India.

It is situated 150m high hill and was found by Rao Jodha
in 1459.
Seven gates have to be crossed to reach the fort, each gate
bears the marks of the battles fought in the bygone era.
The second gate still stands witness to canon ball hits by attacking armies of Jaipur
during wars.One of the gate jaypole , the other fattehpol meaning victory was a
celebration for defeating the mughals.

MEHRANGARH FORT

 Burnished red sand stone, imposing, invincible and yet with a strange haunting beauty that
beckons .
The surrounding wall of the fort today is from 6 to 36 Meters
high and from 3 to 21 Meters thick, enclosing an oblong space
of about 457 Meters in length by 228 in breadth at its widest part.
This enclosure is almost completely covered by buildings viz.
palaces, barracks and magazines. It has two main entrances at the
north east corner and south west extremity.
The top of the outer wall on the east and south-east sides has been
formed into wide ramparts for working artillery and on the other
sides the wall is surmounted by a complete chain of battlements,
with towers here and there to support heavy guns.

MEHRANGARH FORT

 The palace displays stone carving in its arches, windows,

balustrades and balconies, which are both elegant and beautiful
in design and finish.
The masonry is very solid and substantial through out, the walls of
the fort and palace are of heavy cut stone, well cemented and sometimes
pinned
together with iron spikes

MEHRANGARH FORT

 To give additional strength to the outer walls, they were in

many places strongly buttressed, and the masonry spiked to
the rock on which it rests.

The structure with roofs bear a resemblance to the Bikaner

palace and a strong influence of Islamic architecture. The
only difference is that where Islamic palace stand
independently, here all the buildings stand in a row

Jaswant Thada is located in the left side of the Mehrangarh Fort. It is a royal
cenotaph that was built in the memory of Maharaja, Jaswant Singh II.
It was built in 19th century by kings son, Maharaja, Sardar
Singh. Apart from the main chattri, there are two other tombs
are located within it. Chattris were generally built for Rajput
kings and heroes. They mark the bravery of the dead people.
There are three other cenotaphs near Jaswant Thada. This place also serves as a
royal crematorium.
The entire cenotaph is built in pristine white marble. The main attraction here
is jaali windows. These were made out of marble. The fine art work will look
like face work from a distance.

JASWANT THADA

 It exhibits architectural brilliance of many craftsmen in India. It is made of carved sheets

of marble that shows the intelligence of the sculptors. Various stones used to make this
tomb are extremely thin and polished. The outside surface releases a warm shine when
the sunrays fall on its surface.
The grounds also include exquisitely carved gazebos, a beautiful multi-tiered garden, and
a small lake

The cenotaph of maharaja, Jaswant Singh displays the portraits

of the ruler and other rulers of jodhpur. This chattri is placed
in the centre of the monument. It has been built in the shape
of the temple.

JASWANT THADA

ART AND PAINTING

created in the 18th and early 19th

centuries for the royal family of
Jodhpur-Marwar.
In pictures of life in the palaces that floated on
the plateaux of their massive forts, Maharajas
picnic by moonlight, surrounded by beautiful
women. The paintings are saturated with colour
and ecstatic vision.
Marwar School reflected Mughal influence and
nobles on horses and durbar scenes were
prominent in these paintings. Between 1760
and 1780 the Mughal influence disappeared
and the Rajput elements became prominent in
the paintings of Jodhpur, which are
characterized by linear rhythm and glowing
colours.

ART AND PAITING

 Madore is located about 5 miles north of jodhpur. it was the former capital
of maharajas of Marwar. later it was abandoned for security concerns
regarding the Mehrangarh fort.
its extensive Mandore garden, with high rock terrace, makes it a popular
attraction. instead of the usual chhatri shaped cenotaphs typical of
Rajasthan, the cenotaphs of the famous Mandore garden of jodhpur,
Rajasthan are built along the lines of Hindu temples.
They are five stories high , with fine columns and an elegant spire, all in red
sandstone. The most impressive dewal is the dewal of maharaja Ajit Singh.
features
carved elephants
amalake ( disk shaped flourishes with fluted edges )
pillared fore chamber with fine sculpture

ARTS AND PAINTINGS

JALI WORK CENOTAPHS

( CHHATRI ) AT MANDORE
GARDEN.

ARTS AND PAINTINGS

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Spread around the Indian tourism hub of Jodhpur is a handful of museums, where
local Rajasthani history is recorded for future generations.
Some of the art works :
popular hindi folk dieties at
mandore museum

yoga position paintings at maha

mandir

ARTS AND PAINTINGS

detailing on column, Mehrangarh fort

Maha mandir arches

ARTS AND PAINTINGS

CULTURE

 this imperial city echoes with

tales of antiquity in the emptiness
of the desert.
the graceful palaces, forts and
temples strewn throughout the
city bring alive the historic
grandeur of this city. lending a
romantic aura to jodhpur, are its
exquisite handicrafts, folk dances,
folk music and the brightly attired
people.

ART AND CULTURE

 the famous ghoomar dance,jodhpur's popular dance derives its name from
ghoomna.
the gair of jodhpur is performed in a single file and marital costumes are worn for
effect. sticks or swords are often used in male dances.

the dance of Kalbelia women is

vigorous and graceful
their dances are generally
accompanied by the beats of the
mandal, chang and a variety of
other musical instruments.

MUSIC AND DANCE

 jodhpur greets its tourists with multiple cuisines like chinese, mughlai, rajasthani
and continental. some of the must-haves amongst the authentic.
rajasthani platter here are:

makhaniya lassi
mawa kachori
pyaaz kachori
hot & spicy mirchibada
panchkuta
kachauri
lassi

if you have a sharp sweet tooth, indulge in laddoos, that will surely melt in your
mouth. some of the other variations among sweet dishes are as follows:

FOOD

mave ki kachori
besan ki chaaki
maakhan vade

The bazaars of jodhpur have

a range of items from tie &
dye textiles, embroidered
leather shoes, lacquerware,
antiques, carpets and puppets
to the exquisite rajasthani
textiles, clay figurines,
miniature camels and
elephants, marble inlay work
and classic silver jewellery.

MARKKET

 the folks there wear nice and lovely multihued

costumes.
the women folk wear wide gathered skirts and a hip
length jacket, with three quarter length sleeves.
women are also wear jewellery of many kinds.
particularly, specific type of jewellery like the ones
worn on the feet, head, forehead, ear, nose, neck,
arms, wrist, fingers, waist, etc.

another one of the unique features of the culture of

jodhpur, Rajasthan is the colourful turbans worn by
men.

the popular tight, horse riding trousers, 'jodhpurs',

took their name from this city only.

CLOTHING

TIE AND DIE METHOD

These kind of patterns are created by ,
first tying the cloth with different types
of threads .
Some coloured n some waterproof
The cloth is then boiled in the desired
colour .

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