Jaisalmer is a city of 91,000 inhabitants and is located in the state of Rajasthan. This city today is no longer as important as it used to be. At that time, camel caravans passed through here because it was the ideal way to go from India to the Middle East. So many traders stopped in this city.
It is often called the Golden City because it was built from yellow sand. After several attacks on Jaisalmer, great efforts were made to make the city more accessible again. This was achieved with the construction of a road network and the possibility of reaching the city by train.
Jaisalmer Fort
On a tour of the state of Rajasthan in the northwest of India, which is located on the border with Pakistan, you should not forget a very special fortification. The history of the city of Jaisalmer, with a population of 70,000, which belongs to the Thar Desert region, is closely linked to the Jaisalmer Fort, which was probably founded around 1155 by the Rajput Rawal Jaisal at the crossroads of important trade routes that form the main part of today’s Jaisalmer city. But the still preserved part of the fort with conical sandstone towers is not a museum, but a living district with about 15,000 inhabitants.
Due to this integration into the everyday life of the city’s inhabitants, the fort, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is often mentioned as the “living fortress” of the southern French fortress city of Carcassonne. Fort Jaisalmer owes its nickname “Golden Fort” to the honey-colored play of sunlight, which shines on the walls and towers of the fortress with the setting sun. The Raj Mahal palace and several Jain temples in the fortress are especially worth visiting, which covers an area of about one hectare and has four gates. In addition, the density of restaurants in the fortress district is very high.
