Jaisalmer

Jaysalmer, nicknamed “The Golden City”, is a town in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The town stands on a ridge of yellowish sandstone, crowned by a fort, which contains the palace and several ornate Jain temples. Many of the houses and temples are finely sculptured. It lies in the heart of the Thar Desert.

While Jaisalmer may always have been remote, it is filled with many artistic structures and monuments of local historical importance. Jaisalmer’s medieval mud fortress and walled township make it a popular tourist destination. Jaisalmer city has been enriched by its Jain community which has adorned the city with beautiful Jain temples most notably the temples dedicated to 16th Tirthankar Lord Shantinath and 23rd Tirthankar Lord Parshvanath. Jaisalmer boasts some of the oldest libraries of India which contain rarest of the manuscripts & artefacts of Jain tradition.

Tombs of Maharaja's family, not far from the city and we reached it by car arranged from our haveli. There was a funny guard who first didn't want to let us enter, later didn't want us to take pictures (both sorted out our driver somehow) and in the end asked for money which we paid him in the beginning...