Jodhpur
The magnificent Mehrangarh or ‘Sun Fort’ is perched atop a 125-metre high hill and overlooks the rocky terrain. The impregnable fort is reached after a steep climb through seven imposing gates (the fourth is missing now). This is a view of Jodhpur city from the fort.
The bastioned walls, parts of which are hewn out of the rock itself are in places 24-m thick and 40-m high. Perched on top of them are old cannons.
Mehrangarh’s forbidding ramparts are in stark contrast to the flamboyantly decorated palaces within. The royal apartments within Mehrangarh now form part of an outstanding museum.
