{"id":4030,"date":"2018-04-03T14:13:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T08:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/?p=4030"},"modified":"2018-12-03T10:33:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T05:03:39","slug":"what-is-jodhpur-famous-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/what-is-jodhpur-famous-for\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Jodhpur famous for?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will be amazed to know that Jodhpur is known as the \u201c<\/span><b><i>Sun City of India<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d because of the warm and sunny climate it has, throughout the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jodhpur is situated in the Rajasthan state of India and was once a princely seat of the Maharajas of Jodhpur. It is also known as a \u201c<\/span><b><i>blue city<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d because, in the old city area, most of the buildings have blue paint.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tourist sites in Jodhpur<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the tourism point of view, the main attractions in Jodhpur include- <\/span><b>Mehrangarh Fort<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Umaid Bhawan Palace<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Jaswant Thada<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>Ghanta Ghar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, strolling around the city and capturing its landscape, people, locations, shopping is equally wonderful.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Important festivals in Jodhpur<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2264\" style=\"width: 850px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Gangaur-festival-jaipur.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Gangaur-festival-jaipur.jpg?resize=850%2C567\" alt=\"Gangaur festival \" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Gangaur-festival-jaipur.jpg?w=850&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Gangaur-festival-jaipur.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Gangaur-festival-jaipur.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy: www.aryavrittravels.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being a princely town once, there is a different valor of celebrations in Jodhpur. If possible, you can <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gozocabs.com\/car-rental\/jodhpur\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">plan Jodhpur visit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during the time of any of these festivals.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Gangaur:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a festival when women pray to Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati for the healthy and long life of her family. Women take out processions, keep fast and it is wonderful to see them in colorful attire, red being primary. The festival usually falls in the month of March, according to Hindu calendar.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Marwar Mahotsav:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This festival commemorates the warriors of Rajasthan. It is a 2-3 days event in the month of September\/October. The venue for the celebration is usually Umaid Bhawan Palace, Mandore, and Mehrangarh Fort.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Nagaur fair<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: it is the second biggest fair in India and continues for 7 to 8 days. \u00a0It is also known as cattle fair because the main agenda of the fair is cattle trading from nearby villages. It is held usually in the month of January\/February.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>World Sacred Spirit Festival:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This event is a spiritual and cultural trail of Rajasthan and stages the folklore. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/worldsacredspiritfestival.org\/index.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can know more about this festival here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also visit this city during Indian festivals like Holi, Diwali, Navratri, etc to experience a different tradition of celebration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Jodhpur was once an important trade junction between Delhi and Rajasthan for opium, copper, silk, sandalwood, and date palm business.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Hey Guys, are you also curious about-<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/how-to-reach-jodhpur\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to reach Jodhpur?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/sites-to-visit-on-one-day-trip-to-jodhpur\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sites to visit on one day trip to Jodhpur<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/5-unexplored-places-near-jodhpur\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unexplored places near Jodhpur<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>You will be amazed to know that Jodhpur is known as the \u201cSun City of India\u201d because of the warm and sunny climate it has, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/what-is-jodhpur-famous-for\/\" title=\"What is Jodhpur famous for?\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2270,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-4030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Jodhpur.jpg?fit=1800%2C1225&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4030"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4053,"href":"https:\/\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4030\/revisions\/4053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4030"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gozocabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=4030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}