India Rajasthan

Jodhpur

A historic city in India known for its blue-painted houses, majestic forts, and as a gateway to the Thar Desert.

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Listen, we thought Chefchaoen was the world’s biggest all-blue city, until we laid our eyes on ever-so sprawling Jodhpur…and said holy sh*t. Topping the charts as the second biggest city in Rajasthan, this sea of indigo and lapis is pretty freakin’ awe-inspiring. It’s a mighty contrast seeing as it sits right next to India’s Thar Desert, a landscape of swirly sand dunes that are anything but the color blue. Busy bazaars, opulent palaces, and oodles of tantalizing curries are just a few highlights here.

sarahlempa 4 years ago

Jodhpur is known as the blue city because the houses of Brahmins were painted blue and the colour was believed to be a good insect repellent. However, now the blue houses are diminishing. More spectacular is the Mehrangarh Fort that towers over the city, the marble tombs at Jaswant Thada, and the Toorji Stairwell, a deep, stepped well that used to be crucial for water storage and staying cool.  

serenhughes 4 years ago

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