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the-south-asian Life & Times July - September 2010 |
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Jodhpur – The Blue City A SALT Feature
Not long ago, Jodhpur was a dusty desert town, the capital
of the erstwhile kingdom of Marwar, and known mainly as one of India's
biggest military bases. Less frenetic than many other cities in Rajasthan
and elsewhere in India, it is more than five centuries old, with a towering
fort and seven ceremonial gates and a royal lineage that dates to 1459. Also
called the 'blue city', most of the houses in the inner city are painted a
shade of blue – the signature colour of the city. Over the last decade, Jodhpur has become a favoured
destination for many reasons - it is not a demographic mess; it has an
outstanding and the best-run fort museum in the region; and has exceptional
royal residences now converted to exclusive hotels. It exudes old-world
hospitality, hosts the finest folk music festival in the country, and is
also where the three finalists, in the penultimate leg of the BBC television
show MasterChef , served a three-course meal on a starry night in
April 2010 to the city’s most famous and celebrated resident - Maharaja Gaj
Singh II of Jodhpur and his wife Hemlata Rajye - on the marble terrace of
Umaid Bhavan , the largest palace-hotel in India, and "a shrine to all that
is Art Deco." The erstwhile Maharaja has done more than anybody else to put
Jodhpur on the international circuit. Read the entire article in the print issue of The South Asian Life & Times subscribe@the-south-asian.com
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