JODHPUR

MARWAR

• 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.

HISTORY

• 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

Rao Jodha

ORIGION OF JODHPUR

HISTORY

• Rao jodha’s grand son Maal dev became the king in Humayun’s time (1532)• His son Chandra sen, the next king lost a battle against Akbar • Chandrasen’s elder brother Uday Singh joined hands with Akbar and was made the

king of jodhpur

HISTORY

• 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.

JASWANT SINGH JI

HISTORY

• 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.

SIR PRATAP

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

KAILANA

Umaid Singh Ji

• 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 .

ARCHITECTURE

UMAID BHAWAN

• 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 erstwhile Jodhpur royal family.

• It was designed by 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.

• 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.

• 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.

•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.

• 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

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

• 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

• 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 king’s 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.

ART AND PAINTING

ART AND PAITING

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.

ARTS AND PAINTINGS

• 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

CARVED-OUT WORKS

ARTS AND PAINTINGS

• 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

CULTURE

ART AND 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.

MUSIC AND DANCE

• 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.

FOOD

• 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:

mave ki kachori besan ki chaaki maakhan vade

MARKKET

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.

CLOTHING

• 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.

BANDHEJ

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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