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The majestic Mehrangarh fort towers over opulent palaces, colourful baazars and the sands of the Thar desert. The second largest city in the state Jodhpur was founded by Rao Jodha, the Rathore ruler of the kingdom of Marwar. This 16th century capital of the Rathore Rajputs has a lot of explore around.

 
This huge palace built of cream and pink coloured marble and sandstone is a beautiful palace. It has 347 rooms which includes 8 dining halls, two theatres, a ball room, reception halls and also an underground swimming pool. The palace was built by Maharaja Umaid Singh to create jobs for famine stricken subjects.

Its construction started in 1929 and it took nearly 3,000 men and 15 years to complete it. The grand son of Umaid Singh, Gaj Singh still lives here in one section of the palace and the rest of the palace has been converted to a five star hotel. The palace has a museum which is open to the visitors and it has a beautiful collection of weapons, watches, clocks, paintings, French furniture and porcelain.







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It is the only palace to have the finest art deco , to have paintings from the Ramayana painted by a Polish artist. The architect of this heritage building H.V Lancaster who planned it wanted it to rival the Viceregal Lodge (which is now Rashtrapathi Bhavan) then being planned by Sir Edward Lutyensin the new capital of New Delhi also then under construction.
 
 
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