The famed blue-roofed houses give Jodhpur its identity, the blue city. Seen here is the view from Mehrangarh Fort



Mishti seen here at the fort top with Baba

The Rawal's bed clearly didn't impress many, us included however as the guide mentioned it was purely for safety purposes, a low-floor bed. However the gold laced work in the room was simply breathtaking

At the Diwan-e-Khaas, the three 'khaas' people

At the entrance to the fort, built of yellow sandstone

The imposing entrance to the fort, Fatehpol built by Raja Ajit Singh

Looking like a doll, Mishti in a typical tourist hat captured in the lenses of many foreigner tourists

The climb to the entrance was clearly exhausting, however the Mehrangarh fort is a beautifully built fort

Seen here at the Shringar Chowk, the courtyard which saw many coronations happening, the last one being of the current ruler, Maharaja Gaj Singh II when he was only 5

Kabutar aa aa aa. Mishti and her chiya tales continue at Mehrangarh as well as she tries to get close to a royal kabutar

My little princess peeping through the jharokha. remembering her last birth perhaps

The imposing Mehrangarh seen from outside

yeh this is how we climbed up, the path to the entrance was extremely steep, wonder how the armies used to attack the fort, perhaps that's why the fort hasn't been conqured even once since it was built in 1475 AD. Only once did the combined amies of Jaisalmer and Bikaner managed to take control of only one entrance to the fort and they too were defeated



The gold laced diwan-e-khas. Ever wondered from where did all this gold come from? 



Our last stop in the Desert Triangle, Jodhpur clearly impressed us with its well maintained Mehrangarh Fort, the royal family of Maharaja Gaj Singh II has done a fine job of maintaining the fort, the others need to learn a lesson. The Mehrangarh fort stands a hundred feet on a perpendicular cliff, four hundred feet above the sky line of Jodhpur. Burnished red sand stone, Rudyard Kipling called it “ the work of giants”. Jodha’s fortress was 'Chao Burja' – a fort with four Bastions.

In its Janampatri the fort is named Chintamani, after the Mythological gem worn by lord Ram which supposedly frees the owner of all worldly worry. Chintamani gave way to Mordhwaj, the flag of the peocock, presumably because the forts outer parameter suggests the fan like tail of a dancing peacock, It is at some point after this that the name Mehrangarh began to appear in chronicles and poems. “Mehr” is a Rajasthani word for the sun and it is not at all unlikely that the Suryavanshi Rathores would name their first citadel in their mythological ancestor’s honour.