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About Jodhpur

Jodhpur history revolves around the Rathore kin. Rao Jodha, the chief of the Rathore family, is certified with the origin of Jodhpur in India. He founded Jodhpur in 1459. The city is named after him only. It was formerly known as Marwar. Initially, Mandore served as their capital, but, by 1459, Rathores felt a need for a secure capital. This lead to the formation of Jodhpur, the Sun City, by Rao Jodha.

Jodhpur the second largest city of Rajasthan has been drawing the notice of tourists from all over the world. Standing as the guard of the country's western border, Jodhpur is famous for its magnificent forts and palaces all over the world. Some of the area of great Indian desert THAR also comes with this district towards west. Extreme of heat in summer and cold in winter is the characteristics of the desert and Jodhpur is no exception of it. The city is like a haven in the vast desert, with a variety of difficult shrubs all over the area. It also has some of the animal species that can stay alive in an arid and dry environment and with no perennial river in the district.

Today’s Jodhpur is only a small portion of the grand Marwar state before independence. Today The city of Jodhpur prospered because of its location on the strategic Delhi - Gujarat trading route and today stands out as one of the more well-liked cities visited in India and is one of many in the country where a number of luxury hotels, restaurants, good Shopping centre, Export Houses and having all good connectivity to all the major cities by, train, air and road. Now a days Jodhpur has again boast a first class grass polo ground that will produce the next generation of international Jodhpur players and may host potential Indian and International polo games which will be proud of India.

Charming palaces, forts and temples spread throughout the city bring alive the historic greatness of Jodhpur. A passionate angle to this unique place is its superb handicrafts, folk dances, folk music and brightly attired people. Jodhpur famous for lot of festivals brings out the festive spirits of the people of this city. The market of Jodhpur includes a wide range of goods from tie & dye textiles, embroidered leather shoes known as Mojris, antiques, carpets and puppets to the wonderful Rajasthani textiles, clay porcelain, marble inlay work, classic silver and golden jewellery and much more makes hot spot for national and International trading. It is very difficult to give trading information of remote area of Rajasthan which is unique in the whole world on national and International level.