Monday, August 21, 2006

The Umaid Bhawan Palace was built during the 1920s and '30s as a famine relief project when Maharaja Umaid Singh started a food for work program. The palace took 16 years to complete- no wonder, then that with its 347 rooms, it is one of the largest private residences in the world. Popularly called CHITTAR PALACE by the local public. Made on the Cihttar Hills in South Eastern direction of the city. The Cost of this building was four crore, out of which two crore was paid out as wages. It is a huge marble and pink-yellow stone palace . Designed by H.C. Lanchester, the President of the Royal Institute of British Architects in London, the Palace was built during the time of Maharaja Umaid Singh. The Palace was constructed by over 3,000 people over a period of fourteen years. The palace has eight dining rooms, an underground swimming pool and a scenic garden. Half of the Palace is now converted into a luxury hotel. The present ruler converted it into a fine luxury hotel with an in house museum while retaining the use of one wing as the private residence of the erstwhile royal family.One part of the palace has been opened for public where a few pictures, arms, swords and other things used by the royalties have been exhibited.The palace has an area of 26 acres, out of which constructed area is 3.5 acres and 15 acres have been devoted to lawns.

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UMAID BHAWAN PALACE

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An Introduction of Jodhpur City

Jodhpur is the second big city of Rajasthan. Jodhpur is the capital of the Marwar state, it was founded in 1459 A.D. by Rao Jodha.The district jodhpur is spread lengthwise 197 kms. North-south and breadthwise for 208 kms. East-west Bikaner and Jaisalmer districts are located North of Jodhpur, while Barmer and Pali are in south.Total area of district is 22850 squares kms. Maximum area located in Thar desert with large sand dunes. With dry and hot climatic conditions, the winter sets in November and lasts till junuary , this being most suitable period for turoism.In winter the temperature downs to 2 to 3 Degree where in summer it goes to 47 to 48
degree.The river luni in the district flows during the rainy season for a distance of approximately 122 km. Various types of stones found in this district can be seen on the buildings here. Pink stone,red stone and lime stone are the major mineral extracts.In medieval times, Jodhpur lay on the trade routes between Central Asia and the ports of Gujarat, and became a major trade centre during the 16th century. People of this city is living under the wathcful gaze of Mehrangarh FOrt.Most of the houses of this city paints with blue colour thats why it is called blue city. Jodhpur has wonderful building in which royal family resids. This building is a very big building and having ancient art of Jodhpur. The name of this building is Umaid Bhawan palace.Jodhpur is the last link between the semi arid land and the harsh inhospitable desert. The old city is surrounded by a high 10 km stonewall with eight gates.Each gate bearing the name of the town to which it leads. It is still an important trading centre for wood, cattle,camels, cotton, salt and agricultural crops as it was in the past.The city has many hitorical tamples and Buildings. The people of this city are very religious.The city is known for many historical events.

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