Jaisalmer
Jaisalmer, nicknamed "The Golden City", is a town in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The town is located on a ridge of yellowish sandstone which contains a palace and temples. It lies in the middle of the Thar Desert and has a population of about 78,000. It is the capital of Jaisalmer District. The city is named after Rawal Jaisal.[1]
Gallery
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Jaisalmer Fort -
View from Jaisalmer Fort -
Old city -
Trading in old city -
Jaisalmer Fort -
Fort palace -
Patwon Ki haveli -
Lake Gadsisar
Notable people
[change | change source]- Queen Harish, folk dancer
- Malika Jahan, Jaisalmer princess, and wife of Mughal emperor Jahangir
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Balfour, Edward (1885). The cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia. Original from Oxford University: B. Quaritch. p. 406.