Jaisalmer , nicknamed ''The Golden city'', is a city in the north-western

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, located west of the state capital

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, in the heart of the

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. It serves as the administrative headquarters of

Jaisalmer district Jaisalmer district is the largest district in the Indian state of Rajasthan, and the third largest district in India. Located in Marwar (Jodhpur Division), the city of Jaisalmer is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is around ...

. It is a former medieval trading center and the historic capital of the

kingdom of Jaisalmer The Kingdom of Jaisalmer was a kingdom of Bhati Rajput, Rajputs in the far-western part of present-day Rajasthan, India, from the mid-12th century CE until 1947. In 1156 CE, Rawal Jaisal moved his capital from Lodhruva to Jaisalmer because t ...

, founded in 1156 by

Rawal Jaisal Rawal Jaisal Bhati (1113–1168) was the founder and first ruler of the Kingdom of Jaisalmer, ruling from 1156 to 1168 CE. Jaisal was a Rajput chief of the Bhati clan who lived during the 12th century, Jaisal rose to power in 1143 by defeating ...

of the

Bhati Bhati (also romanised as Bhattī) is a Rajput clan. The Bhati clan historically ruled over several cities in present-day India and Pakistan with their final capital and kingdom being Jaisalmer, India. History The Bhatis of Jaisalmer bel ...

clan of

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. Jaisalmer stands on a ridge of yellowish

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and is crowned by the

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Jaisalmer Fort Jaisalmer Fort is situated in the city of Jaisalmer, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is one of the very few "living forts" in the world (such as Carcassonne, France), as nearly one fourth of the old city's population still resides within th ...

, a sprawling hilltop citadel supported by 99 bastions. This fort contains a royal palace and several ornate

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. Many of the houses and temples of both the fort and of the town below are built of finely sculptured yellow sandstone. The town has a population, including the residents of the fort, of about 78,000. Jaisalmer ranked 9th on

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's Top 10 The Most Welcoming cities in the world. It is the only Indian city on the list.

Etymology

Jaisalmer was founded by

, in 1156 AD. It is named after its founder, with "Jaisal" representing the king's name and the term "Mer" or "Meru" is of

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origin, signifying a mountain or a high, prominent place, and it has been historically used in the names of various geographical features and landmarks, like

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History

Medieval history

The state of Jaisalmer had its foundations in what remains of the Empire ruled by the Bhati dynasty. Early Bhati rulers ruled over large empire stretching from

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in modern-day Afghanistan to

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and

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in modern-day Pakistan to

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and

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in modern-day India. The empire crumbled over time because of continuous invasions from Central Asia. According to Satish Chandra, the Hindu Shahis of Afghanistan made an alliance with the Bhati rulers of Multhan, because they wanted to end the slave raids made by the Turkic ruler of Ghazni, however the alliance was defeated by Alp Tigin in 977 CE. Bhati dominions continued to be shifted towards the South as they ruled Multan, then finally got pushed into Cholistan and Jaisalmer where Rawal Devaraja built Dera Rawal / Derawar. Jaisalmer was the new capital founded in 1156 by

and the state took its name from the capital. Fort Jaisalmer at sunset

Modern history

On 11 December 1818 Jaisalmer became a

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in the

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. Traditionally, in the Middle Ages, the main source of income for the kingdom was levies on

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s, but the economy was heavily affected when

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emerged as a major port and sea trade replaced the traditional land routes. Ranjit Singh and Bairi Sal Singh attempted to turn around the economic decline but the dramatic reduction in trade impoverished the kingdom. A severe

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and the resulting

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from 1895 to 1900, during the reign of Salivahan Singh, only made matters worse by causing widespread loss of the livestock that the increasingly agriculturally based kingdom relied upon. The attempts of Jawahir Singh (1914–1949) at modernisation were also not entirely successful in turning the kingdom's economy around, and the drylands of Jaisalmer remained backward compared with other regions of

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, especially the neighbouring state of

Jodhpur Jodhpur () is the second-largest city of the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, after its capital Jaipur. As of 2023, the city has a population of 1.83 million. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Jodhpur district and ...

. Nonetheless, the extensive water storage and supply, sanitation, and health infrastructures developed in the 1930s by the prime minister Brijmohan Nath Zutshi provided significant relief during the severe droughts of 1941 and 1951. During 1930–1947, Jawahir Singh and his ministers also promoted technical education and the academic disciplines of civil and mechanical engineering in the state. After the departure of the British from India in 1947, Jawahir Singh signed an

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to the new Union of India, while retaining some internal autonomy until the 1950s. Jailsalmer within Rajputana

Geography

Climate

Jaisalmer has a

hot arid climate The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification ''BWh'' and ''BWk'') is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation. The typically bald, rocky, or sandy surfaces in desert ...

(

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''BWh''), and is thus prone to extremes of temperature. The temperature varies greatly from day to night in both summer and winter. The maximum summer temperature is around while the minimum is . The maximum winter temperature is usually around and the minimum is . The highest ever recorded temperature was ; the lowest ever recorded temperature being . Temperatures of up to have been recorded near the Pakistani border, but the standard conditions of this temperature recording remain unverified. The average rainfall is , although as with all of northwest India it is almost exclusively confined to the monsoon from June to September and extremely variable from year to year. As little as was recorded in 1969, but as much as in 2006, of which fell in August alone. The highest daily rainfall is on 16 August 1973. Even during the monsoon rainfall typically occurs only on two or three days per month, and then for only a few hours each rainy day. It is estimated that in an average year rain falls in Jaisalmer for a total of fewer than twenty hours.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Jaisalmer had a population of 65,471. Around 90% of the population is Hindu, 8.20% is Muslim and the remaining are Sikhs, Christians, and Jains.

Economy

Tourism is a major industry in Jaisalmer. In recent years, there has been a growing focus on renewable energy in the region. Jaisalmer has been home to various

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and

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projects, taking advantage of the ample sunlight and wind resources in the desert. The Government of India initiated departmental exploration for oil in 1955–56 in the Jaisalmer area.

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discovered

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in 1988 in the Jaisalmer basin. Musicians and dancers are also a major cultural export from Jaisalmer to the rest of the world. Manganiyar musicians have played the world over, and Queen Harish, the dancing desert drag queen, has toured the world over and has featured in international movies. Jaisalmer is also known for its leather

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s, made from wild camels native to the area.

Culture/Cityscape

Jaisalmer Fort

Built in 1156 by the Bhati Rajput ruler Jaisal,

, situated on Meru Hill and named as ''Trikoot Garh'' has been the scene of many battles. Its massive

walls are a pale yellow colour during the day, turning to a darker gold as the sun sets. The famous Indian film director

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wrote a detective novel and later turned it into a film − ''

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'' (The Golden Fortress) which was based on this fort. About a quarter of city's population still live inside the fort. The main attractions inside the fort are the Raj Mahal (Royal

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), Jain temples and the Laxminath temple.

Jain heritage

A number of ornate buildings in Jaisalmer were built by its

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, including

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, notably the temples dedicated to the 16th

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Shantinath Śāntinātha () or Śānti is the sixteenth of Jainism in the present age (). According to traditional accounts, he was born to King Vishvasena and Queen Aćira of the Ikshvaku dynasty in the north Indian city of Hastinapur. His birth date ...

, and 23rd Tirthankara, Parshvanath. There are seven Jain temples in total which are situated within the Jaisalmer fort built during the 12th and 15th centuries. Among these temples, the biggest is the ''Paraswanath Temple''; the others are ''Chandraprabhu temple'', ''Rishabdev temple'', ''Shitalnath Temple'', ''Kunthunath Temple'', and ''Shantinath Temple''. Known for their exquisite work of art and architecture that was predominant in the

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the temples are built out of yellow sandstone and have intricate engravings on them. Jaisalmer has some of the oldest libraries of India which contain the rarest of the manuscripts and artefacts of Jain tradition. There are many pilgrimage centres around Jaisalmer such as

Lodhurva Jain temple Lodhurva Jain temple is a Jain temple in the Lodhruva village of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan. It belongs to the Śvetāmbara sect of Jainism History Lodhruva was established as the capital by Rawal Deoraj, the Bhati clan, in 8th−9th ...

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Other

Gadisar Lake Gadisar Lake is an artificial lake in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India. It was built by the founder of Jaisalmer, King Rawal Jaisal in 1156 AD and later rebuilt by Gadsi Singh Bhati around 1367 AD. The lake is located about from Jaisalmer Fort. It ...

– Excavated in 1367 by Rawal Gadsi Singh, it is a scenic rainwater lake surrounded by the small temples and shrines of Amar Sagar. Earlier, this lake was used to be the main water source of Jaisalmer. Due to an increased water demand for agriculture, the lake is increasingly threatened with drying up. *

Bada Bagh Bada Bagh, also called Barabagh (lit. "grand garden" in Hindi) is a garden complex located about six kilometers north of Jaisalmer in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Overlooking a mango plantation sits a set of royal chhatri cenotaphs constructe ...

, a complex with

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s of

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(d. 1743) and subsequent Maharajas of Jaisalmer

In the neighbourhood

* Jaisalmer War Museum, a solemn tribute to the nation's military heritage and the sacrifices of its soldiers. * Kuldhara, a ghost village near Jaisalmer * Tanot Mata, a historical temple near Indo-Pak border. *

Ramdevra Ramdevra is a village situated about 12 km to the north of Pokhran in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan in India. Gram Panchayat of Ramdevra is one of the most economically productive Gram panchayat in Rajasthan, as tourist and devotees infl ...

, a village in Jaisalmer, is named after Baba Ramdevji, a Tanwar Rajput and a saint who took Samādhi in 1384 CE, at the age of 33 years. He is worshiped today by many social groups of India as Ishta-deva. *

Battle of Longewala The Battle of Longewala (4–7 December 1971) was one of the first major engagements in the western sector during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, fought between assaulting Pakistani forces and Indian defenders at the Indian border post of Long ...

point *

Desert National Park Desert National Park is a national park in the Indian state of Rajasthan, near the towns of Jaisalmer and Barmer. It is one of the largest national parks, covering an area of in the Thar Desert. Sand dunes form around 44% of the park. The maj ...

Lodhruva Lodrawa (aka Lodurva, Lodarva or Laudrava) is a village in Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan, India. It is located 15 kilometers to the north-west of Jaisalmer. Lodrawa was the ancient capital of the Bhati Rajputs until Rawal Jaisal founded the J ...

* Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls School *''Moolchand Ji Ki Prol'' is an ancient heritage site in Jhinjhinyali village. Jhinjhinyali is 100 km away from Jaisalmer district headquarters.

Museums

* Thar Heritage Museum * Baa RI Haveli On Fort * Desert Culture Centre & Museum * Jaisalmer Folklore Museum * Government Museum * Jaisalmer Fort Palace Museum * Akal Fossil Park Museum * Cactus Park Museum, Kuldhara * Tanot Museum

Desert festival

Desert Festival Jaisalmer , nicknamed ''The Golden city'', is a city in the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan, located west of the state capital Jaipur, in the heart of the Thar Desert. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Jaisalmer district ...

of Jaisalmer is the most awaited and famous cultural and colourful event of Rajasthan. Camel races, Turban-tying and Mr. Desert competitions are organised. It is held in the month of February every year. The festival showcases Rajasthani folk songs and dance and it is very attractive to foreign tourists. Gair and Fire dancers which are the major attraction of the Jaisalmer desert festival celebrations. This is the best time to visit Jaisalmer to witness performing arts like Kalbelia dances and folk songs and music.

Transport

Jaisalmer is connected to the rest of Rajasthan by buses provided by Rajasthan State Transport Corporation as well as other private bus operators.

Jaisalmer Airport Jaisalmer Airport is a domestic airport serving Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India. It is located from the city centre. The airport operates as a civil enclave on an Indian Air Force base. The airport has a single runway of in length and in width ...

is located 17 kilometres southeast of Jaisalmer. Flights serve Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Surat and Jodhpur. Jaisalmer Airport terminal view from Apron

Jaisalmer Airport terminal view from Apron

Jaisalmer railway station runs daily trains between Jaisalmer and Jaipur, through which it is connected to Delhi and other cities all over India. This station comes under Jodhpur (JU) division of the Northwestern Railway (NWR). Additionally, there exists a luxury tourist train known as Palace on Wheels, which covers the major tourist destinations of Rajasthan, including Jaisalmer. Jaisalmer railway station -Jaisalmer -Rajasthan -20190306 071845

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In popular culture

* '' Gupi Gayen Bagha Bayen'' (1969), a

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film directed by

, was partly shot at Jaisalmer Fort. * ''

'' (1974), Satyajit Ray's Bengali film, based on his eponymous novel featuring his creation, the detective

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, was based in Jaisalmer and surrounding areas. * '' Hothat Brishti'' (1998), a Bengali film, was shot in Jaisalmer. * ''

Nanhe Jaisalmer ''Nanhe Jaisalmer - A Dream Come True'' (also known as ''Nanhe'') is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Samir Karnik and featuring Bobby Deol as himself and child actor Dwij Yadav in the title role. The film has a new actor, who ...

'' (2007),

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film shot in Jaisalmer * ''Goray Gondogol'' (2012), a Bengali film, was partly shot in Jaisalmer. * '' Kishore Kumar Junior'' (2018), a Bengali film, was partly shot in Jaisalmer. * '' The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan'' (2023), Bengali movie directed by

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and based on

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, a detective of

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, written by New Jersey–based Bengali author Sujan Dasgupta.

Notable people

* Multanaram Barupal, politician, advocate and former member of

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from Jaisalmer constituency * Chhotu Singh Bhati, politician and member of

from Jaisalmer constituency * Queen Harish, folk dancer *

Mame Khan Mame Khan is an Indian playback and folk singer from Rajasthan, India. He has been playback singer for numerous Hindi films such as '' Luck By Chance'' (2009), ''I Am'' (2010), '' No One Killed Jessica'' (2011), '' Mirzya'' (2016) and '' Sonchiri ...

, Rajasthani folk singer *

Swaroop Khan Swaroop Khan is an India playback folk singer from Rajasthan Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geo ...

, playback folk singer * Raseshwari Rajya Laxmi, queen of Jaisalmer *

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (born 29 January 1970) is an Indian politician, Olympic medallist in shooting and retired colonel in the Indian Army. He is serving as a cabinet minister at the Industry & Commerce, Youth Affairs & Sports Department ...

, politician, Olympic medallist and retired colonel in the

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* Rooparam, politician and former member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Jaisalmer constituency *

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (born 3 October 1967; ) is an Indian politician who is serving as Minister of Culture and Minister of Tourism since 2024. He is a member of parliament from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) representing Jodhpur in the ...

, politician and union cabinet minister in the

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and

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References

External links

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