{"id":3280,"date":"2015-09-16T10:15:37","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T04:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/?p=3280"},"modified":"2015-09-16T10:15:37","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T04:45:37","slug":"jaisalmer-city-and-fort-rajasthan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/jaisalmer-city-and-fort-rajasthan\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaisalmer , City and Fort , Rajasthan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jaisalmer Fort<\/p><\/div>
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\nJaisalmer a World Heritage City<\/strong>\u00a0founded atop the <\/span>Trikuta Hill<\/strong> in 1156 AD<\/strong> by <\/span>Maha Rawal Jaisal Singh<\/strong>\u00a0a <\/span>Bhati Rajput<\/strong> , Sixth in his ruling generation, the earlier city was <\/span>Loduvra<\/strong>\u00a0, still has a Jain temple remembering its past . <\/span>
\nA yellow stone which is available in abundant around \u00a0is used in the architecture of this city . It has given the identity of being named as <\/span>Sonar Qila<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 <\/strong>or<\/span> The Golden City of India<\/strong> . <\/span>
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World famous Balcony in stone at Patwa Haveli, Jaisalmer Fort<\/p><\/div>
\nThis city had a strategic location on route for trading caravans<\/strong> en route <\/span>Persia , Middle East , Egypt ,<\/strong>Africa , Sindh , \u00a0North and Central of India carrying Silk and Spices<\/strong>\u00a0.<\/span>
\nThe Bhati Rajputs<\/strong> are Chandravanshi<\/strong> claims to be decedents of Lord Krishna<\/strong> , In 1293 AD the Turk emperor Ala Ud Din Khilji<\/strong> invaded India and captured the Fort , the Bhati Royal families<\/strong> migrated for safety to various places like Jaisal , Larkana , Talwandi .<\/strong> It was after 1627 AD<\/strong> when Mughal Emperor Shajahan<\/strong> took over , the Rawal Sahal Singh \u00a0<\/strong>acknowledge\u00a0\u00a0his patronage and then\u00a0<\/strong>in 1818 AD <\/strong>the King Mulraj <\/strong>accepted the political alliance with the British . <\/strong>After the 1947 AD<\/strong> the creation of independent India and Pakistan <\/strong>the trade route was shifted to Mumbai port and city lost its importance as a trade route.
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Main entrace Toran gate Jain temple , Fort Jaisalmer<\/p><\/div>
\nIn Jaisalmer<\/strong> water is scarce as it is part of Thar Desert<\/strong>\u00a0 it is almost entirely a sandy waste .\u00a0There are no perennial streams, and only one small river Kakni<\/strong> \u00a0which flows for about 48 km and then vanishes into Rann Kutch . Amar Sagar<\/strong> was the water reservoir used as a main source of water which got dried up due to increase in demand for agriculture .
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House , living Museum , Fort Jaisalmer<\/p><\/div>
\nIn 1367 AD Rawal Gadsi Singh<\/strong> excavated a lake now known as Gadsisar Lake<\/strong> \u00a0a water conservation tank to fulfill the water requirements of this dry city, till 1970 AD before the Rajasthan Canal<\/strong> came in , it was the main source of water for Jaisalmer\u00a0<\/strong>
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Gadsisar Lake , Jaisalmer , Rajasthan<\/p><\/div>
\nThis city remained strategically important due to skirmishes between India and Pakistan<\/strong> , roads , rail head and the Rajasthan Canal<\/strong> served to revive the surrounding desert areas.
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Kanoi Village , Desert Spring Camp at Sand Dunes<\/p><\/div>
\nTourism is a major industry in Jaisalmer<\/strong> , famous for its Sand Dunes , Desert wild life , Camping , Camel and Jeep \u00a0Safaris<\/strong> \u00a0around Jaisalmer<\/strong> attracts tourists from all over the world.
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Sunset at Kanoi , Sand Dunes, Desert Spring camp<\/p><\/div>
\nTourists from all over the world come and stay at Desert Spring Camp<\/strong> to have an \u00a0experience of Sunset and Sunrise<\/strong> in the Thar Desert .<\/strong>
\nFor More information and Packages contact +91 9810506646<\/span><\/strong>
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\nWebsite : kanoi.promarktravels.com , promarktravels.com\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>
\nBlog :\u00a0promark@promarktravels.com\/blog<\/span><\/strong>
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    Jaisalmer a World Heritage City\u00a0founded atop the Trikuta Hill in 1156 AD by Maha Rawal Jaisal Singh\u00a0a Bhati Rajput , Sixth in his ruling generation, the earlier city was Loduvra\u00a0, still has a Jain temple remembering its past . A yellow stone which is available in abundant around \u00a0is used in the architecture … →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[53,68,88,102,152,309,429,430,486,625,626,628,739,805,1106,1154,1156,1157,1158,1187,1389,1564,1703,1837,2142,2233,2235,2291,2292,2350,2377,2655,2761,2762,2838,2850,2916,2918,2933,3086,3087,3088],"class_list":["post-3280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ad","tag-africa","tag-ala-ud-din-khilji","tag-amar-sagar","tag-architecture-2","tag-bhati-royal-family","tag-camel-safaris","tag-camping","tag-chandravanshi","tag-desert-spring-camp","tag-desert-spring-camp-jaisalmer","tag-desert-wild-life","tag-egypt","tag-gadsisar-lake","tag-india","tag-jaisalmer","tag-jaisalmer-city","tag-jaisalmer-city-and-fort","tag-jaisalmer-fort","tag-jeep-safaries","tag-king-mulraj","tag-loduvra","tag-maha-rawal-jaisal-singh","tag-middle-east","tag-persia","tag-rajasthan","tag-rajasthan-canal","tag-rawal-gadsi-singh","tag-rawal-sahal-sing","tag-river-kakani","tag-route-for-trading-caravan","tag-sonar-qila","tag-sunrise-in-the-thar-desert","tag-sunset-at-kanoi","tag-thar-desert","tag-the-golden-city-of-india","tag-tourism","tag-trading-caravans","tag-trikuta-hill","tag-world-heritage","tag-world-heritage-city","tag-world-heritage-site"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/promarktravels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}