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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Culture/Cityscape" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Culture/Cityscape"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Culture/Cityscape</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Culture/Cityscape-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Culture/Cityscape subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Culture/Cityscape-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Jaisalmer_Fort" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Jaisalmer_Fort"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Jaisalmer Fort</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Jaisalmer_Fort-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Jain_heritage" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Jain_heritage"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Jain heritage</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Jain_heritage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Other</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li 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href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0" title="জয়সলমের – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="জয়সলমের" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Джайсалмер – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Джайсалмер" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaisalmer_(ciutat)" title="Jaisalmer (ciutat) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Jaisalmer (ciutat)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaisalmer_(lungsod)" title="Jaisalmer (lungsod) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Jaisalmer (lungsod)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BEajsalm%C3%A9r" title="Džajsalmér – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Džajsalmér" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaisalmer" title="Jaisalmer – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Jaisalmer" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaisalmer" title="Jaisalmer – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Jaisalmer" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%B1%CF%8A%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BC%CE%AD%CF%81" title="Τζαϊσαλμέρ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τζαϊσαλμέρ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaisalmer" title="Jaisalmer – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Jaisalmer" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%9Cajsalmer" title="Ĝajsalmer – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ĝajsalmer" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaisalmer" title="Jaisalmer – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Jaisalmer" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1" title="جیسلمیر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جیسلمیر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaisalmer" title="Jaisalmer – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Jaisalmer" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%9C%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%AE%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%B0" title="જેસલમેર – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="જેસલમેર" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9E%90%EC%9D%B4%EC%82%B4%EB%A9%94%EB%A5%B4" title="자이살메르 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="자이살메르" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0" title="जैसलमेर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="जैसलमेर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaisalmer" title="Jaisalmer – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Jaisalmer" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0" title="জয়সালমের – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="জয়সালমের" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaisalmer" title="Jaisalmer – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Jaisalmer" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%9C%E0%B3%88%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D" title="ಜೈಸಲ್ಮೇರ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಜೈಸಲ್ಮೇರ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaisalmer" title="Jaisalmer – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Jaisalmer" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaisalmer" title="Jaisalmer – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Jaisalmer" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzsaiszalmer" title="Dzsaiszalmer – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Dzsaiszalmer" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0" title="जैसलमेर – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="जैसलमेर" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaisalmer" title="Jaisalmer – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Jaisalmer" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9C%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BD%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%80%E0%B5%BC" title="ജയ്സാൽമീർ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ജയ്സാൽമീർ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0" title="जैसलमेर – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="जैसलमेर" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AF%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="ჯაისალმერი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ჯაისალმერი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1" title="جيسلمير – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جيسلمير" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaisalmer" title="Jaisalmer – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Jaisalmer" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaisalmer_(stad)" title="Jaisalmer (stad) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Jaisalmer (stad)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a 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style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Jaisalmer</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Jaisalmer (India)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of India</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Asia_laea_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jaisalmer is located in Asia"><img alt="Jaisalmer is located in Asia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Asia_laea_location_map.svg/250px-Asia_laea_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Asia_laea_location_map.svg/375px-Asia_laea_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Asia_laea_location_map.svg/500px-Asia_laea_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="1050" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:61.048%;left:30.094%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Jaisalmer"><img alt="Jaisalmer" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Jaisalmer</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Jaisalmer (Asia)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Asia</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Jaisalmer&params=26.913_N_70.915_E_type:city(65471)_region:IN-RJ"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">26°54′47″N</span> <span class="longitude">70°54′54″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">26.913°N 70.915°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">26.913; 70.915</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States and territories of India">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Rajasthan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Rajasthan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Rajasthan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Rajasthan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Rajasthan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Rajasthan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="427" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of districts of India">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jaisalmer_district" title="Jaisalmer district">Jaisalmer</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1156<span class="noprint">; 868 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1156</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rawal_Jaisal" class="mw-redirect" title="Rawal Jaisal">Rawal Jaisal</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Namesake" title="Namesake">Named for</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Rawal Jaisal</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_council_(India)" title="Municipal council (India)">Municipal Council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Jaisalmer Municipal Council<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Urban<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">62.38 km<sup>2</sup> (24.09 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">225 m (738 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • City</div></th><td class="infobox-data">65,471</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Languages<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Official</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a><sup id="cite_ref-langoff_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-langoff-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Additional official</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a><sup id="cite_ref-langoff_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-langoff-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Regional</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marwari_language" title="Marwari language">Marwari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rajasthani_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajasthani language">Rajasthani</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B5:30" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+5:30">UTC+5:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_Index_Number" title="Postal Index Number">PIN</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">345 001</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Telephone code</th><td class="infobox-data">02992</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:IN" title="ISO 3166-2:IN">RJ-IN</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">RJ-15</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lsg.rajasthan.gov.in/ulbjaisalmer/#/home/dptHome">Jaisalmer Municipal Council</a></span><br /><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://jaisalmer.rajasthan.gov.in">Jaisalmer District</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Jaisalmer</b> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement 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title="File:Jaisalmer.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>, nicknamed <i>The Golden city</i>, is a city in the north-western <a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">Indian state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a>, located 575 kilometres (357 mi) west of the state capital <a href="/wiki/Jaipur" title="Jaipur">Jaipur</a>, in the heart of the <a href="/wiki/Thar_Desert" title="Thar Desert">Thar Desert</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It serves as the administrative headquarters of <a href="/wiki/Jaisalmer_district" title="Jaisalmer district">Jaisalmer district</a>. It is a former medieval trading center and the historic capital of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Jaisalmer" title="Kingdom of Jaisalmer">kingdom of Jaisalmer</a>, founded in 1156 by <a href="/wiki/Jaisal_Singh" title="Jaisal Singh">Rawal Jaisal</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Bhati" title="Bhati">Bhati</a> clan of <a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajput_dynasties_and_states" title="List of Rajput dynasties and states">Rajputs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jaisalmer stands on a ridge of yellowish <a href="/wiki/Sandstone" title="Sandstone">sandstone</a> and is crowned by the <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jaisalmer_Fort" title="Jaisalmer Fort">Jaisalmer Fort</a>, a sprawling hilltop citadel supported by 99 bastions.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This fort contains a royal palace and several ornate <a href="#Jain_Heritage_Of_Jaisalmer">Jain temples</a>. Many of the houses and temples of both the fort and of the town below are built of finely sculptured yellow sandstone. The town has a population, including the residents of the fort, of about 78,000. Jaisalmer ranked 9th on <a href="/wiki/Booking.com" title="Booking.com">Booking.com</a>'s Top 10 The Most Welcoming cities in the world. It is the only Indian city on the list.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jaisalmer&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jaisalmer was founded by Jaisal Singh, popularly known as <a href="/wiki/Rawal_Jaisal" class="mw-redirect" title="Rawal Jaisal">Rawal Jaisal</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1156 AD.<sup id="cite_ref-Balfour_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balfour-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is named after its founder, with "Jaisal" representing the king's name and "Mer" signifying a fort. So, it means "The Fort of Jaisal", emphasising the city's historic fortification and its royal heritage. The term "Mer" or "Meru" is of <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> origin, signifying a mountain or a high, prominent place,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it has been historically used in the names of various geographical features and landmarks, like <a href="/wiki/Ajmer" title="Ajmer">Ajmer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jaisalmer&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Jaisalmer_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaisalmer State">Jaisalmer State</a> and <a href="/wiki/History_of_Jaisalmer" title="History of Jaisalmer">History of Jaisalmer</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medieval_history">Medieval history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jaisalmer&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Medieval history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Asia_800ad.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Asia_800ad.jpg/300px-Asia_800ad.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Asia_800ad.jpg/450px-Asia_800ad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Asia_800ad.jpg/600px-Asia_800ad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2099" data-file-height="1215" /></a><figcaption>The Bhati kingdom, marked as Multan in 800 CE</figcaption></figure> <p>The state of Jaisalmer had its foundations in what remains of the Empire ruled by the Bhati dynasty. Early Bhati rulers ruled over large empire stretching from <a href="/wiki/Ghazni" title="Ghazni">Ghazni</a><sup id="cite_ref-tod_197198_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tod_197198-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in modern-day Afghanistan to <a href="/wiki/Sialkot" title="Sialkot">Sialkot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rawalpindi" title="Rawalpindi">Rawalpindi</a> in modern-day Pakistan<sup id="cite_ref-IGI_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IGI-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to <a href="/wiki/Bhatinda" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhatinda">Bhatinda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Muktsar_Sahib_district" title="Sri Muktsar Sahib district">Muktsar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hanumangarh" title="Hanumangarh">Hanumangarh</a> in modern-day India.<sup id="cite_ref-Bh_gov1_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bh_gov1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The empire crumbled over time because of continuous invasions from Central Asia. According to Satish Chandra, the Hindu Shahis of Afghanistan made an alliance with the Bhati rulers of Multhan, because they wanted to end the slave raids made by the Turkic ruler of Ghazni, however the alliance was defeated by Alp Tigin in 977 CE.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bhati dominions continued to be shifted towards the South as they ruled Multan, then finally got pushed into Cholistan and Jaisalmer where Rawal Devaraja built <a href="/wiki/Derawar_Fort" title="Derawar Fort">Dera Rawal / Derawar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-RajGz_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RajGz-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jaisalmer was the new capital founded in 1156 by <a href="/wiki/Rawal_Jaisal" class="mw-redirect" title="Rawal Jaisal">Rawal Jaisal</a> and the state took its name from the capital. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fort_Jaisalmer_at_sunset.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Fort_Jaisalmer_at_sunset.jpg/300px-Fort_Jaisalmer_at_sunset.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Fort_Jaisalmer_at_sunset.jpg/450px-Fort_Jaisalmer_at_sunset.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Fort_Jaisalmer_at_sunset.jpg/600px-Fort_Jaisalmer_at_sunset.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jaisalmer_Fort" title="Jaisalmer Fort">Jaisalmer Fort</a>, built in 1156 AD by the <a href="/wiki/Rajput" title="Rajput">Rajput</a> Rawal (ruler) <a href="/wiki/Rawal_Jaisal" class="mw-redirect" title="Rawal Jaisal">Jaisal</a>.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Khilji_invasion_of_Jaisalmer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Khilji invasion of Jaisalmer (page does not exist)">Khilji invasion of Jaisalmer</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_history">Modern history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jaisalmer&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Modern history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 11 December 1818 Jaisalmer became a <a href="/wiki/British_protectorate" title="British protectorate">British protectorate</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Rajputana_Agency" title="Rajputana Agency">Rajputana Agency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RajGz_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RajGz-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Traditionally, in the Middle Ages, the main source of income for the kingdom was levies on <a href="/wiki/Caravan_(travellers)" title="Caravan (travellers)">caravans</a>, but the economy was heavily affected when <a href="/wiki/Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay">Bombay</a> emerged as a major port and sea trade replaced the traditional land routes. Ranjit Singh and Bairi Sal Singh attempted to turn around the economic decline but the dramatic reduction in trade impoverished the kingdom. A severe <a href="/wiki/Drought" title="Drought">drought</a> and the resulting <a href="/wiki/Famine" title="Famine">famine</a> from 1895 to 1900, during the reign of Salivahan Singh, only made matters worse by causing widespread loss of the livestock that the increasingly agriculturally based kingdom relied upon. </p><p>The attempts of Jawahir Singh (1914–1949) at modernisation were also not entirely successful in turning the kingdom's economy around, and the drylands of Jaisalmer remained backward compared with other regions of <a href="/wiki/Rajputana" title="Rajputana">Rajputana</a>, especially the neighbouring state of <a href="/wiki/Jodhpur_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Jodhpur State">Jodhpur</a>. Nonetheless, the extensive water storage and supply, sanitation, and health infrastructures developed in the 1930s by the prime minister Brijmohan Nath Zutshi provided significant relief during the severe droughts of 1941 and 1951. During 1930–1947, Jawahir Singh and his ministers also promoted technical education and the academic disciplines of civil and mechanical engineering in the state. </p><p>After the departure of the British from India in 1947, Jawahir Singh signed an <a href="/wiki/Instrument_of_Accession" title="Instrument of Accession">Instrument of Accession</a> to the new <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_India" title="Dominion of India">Union of India</a>, while retaining some internal autonomy until the 1950s. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jailsalmer_within_Rajputana.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Jailsalmer_within_Rajputana.jpg/250px-Jailsalmer_within_Rajputana.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Jailsalmer_within_Rajputana.jpg/375px-Jailsalmer_within_Rajputana.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Jailsalmer_within_Rajputana.jpg/500px-Jailsalmer_within_Rajputana.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1662" /></a><figcaption>Jailsalmer State (orange) within Rajputana (yellow), 1909.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jaisalmer_Flag.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Jaisalmer_Flag.svg/250px-Jaisalmer_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Jaisalmer_Flag.svg/375px-Jaisalmer_Flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Jaisalmer_Flag.svg/500px-Jaisalmer_Flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="300" /></a><figcaption>Jaisalmer Flag</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jaisalmer&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sams_and_dumes_jaishlmer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Sams_and_dumes_jaishlmer.jpg/220px-Sams_and_dumes_jaishlmer.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Sams_and_dumes_jaishlmer.jpg/330px-Sams_and_dumes_jaishlmer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Sams_and_dumes_jaishlmer.jpg/440px-Sams_and_dumes_jaishlmer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="2893" /></a><figcaption>Sam sand dunes near Jaisalmer</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jaisalmer&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jaisalmer, being an arid desert region, is prone to extremes in terms of temperature. It borders on a hot <a href="/wiki/Semi_arid" class="mw-redirect" title="Semi arid">semi arid</a> climate. The temperature varies greatly from day to night in both summer and winter. The maximum summer temperature is around 40 °C (104 °F) while the minimum is 25 °C (77 °F). The maximum winter temperature is usually around 23.6 °C (74.5 °F) and the minimum is −5 °C (23 °F). The average rainfall is 256.5 millimetres (10.10 in).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The highest ever recorded temperature was 50.0 °C (122.0 °F);<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the lowest ever recorded temperature being −5.9 °C (21.4 °F).<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Temperatures of up to 52.4 °C (126.3 °F) have been recorded near the Pakistani border, but the standard conditions of this temperature recording remain unverified.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Jaisalmer (1991–2020, extremes 1948–present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF2700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.8<br />(96.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF1900; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">37.8<br />(100.0) </td> <td style="background: #EE0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42.7<br />(108.9) </td> <td style="background: #C30000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">45.8<br />(114.4) </td> <td style="background: #970000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">49.0<br />(120.2) </td> <td style="background: #940000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">49.2<br />(120.6) </td> <td style="background: #B10000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">47.1<br />(116.8) </td> <td style="background: #E60000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">43.3<br />(109.9) </td> <td style="background: #E30000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">43.5<br />(110.3) </td> <td style="background: #F50000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42.2<br />(108.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF1300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.7<br />(101.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.4<br />(93.9) </td> <td style="background: #940000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">49.2<br />(120.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.3<br />(81.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.4<br />(92.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.9<br />(102.0) </td> <td style="background: #F60000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42.1<br />(107.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF0200; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">41.1<br />(106.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF1500; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.4<br />(101.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.6<br />(97.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.9<br />(98.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF2300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.4<br />(97.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.2<br />(88.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">34.4<br />(93.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFAC5A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.4<br />(61.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9022; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.5<br />(68.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3<br />(79.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.1<br />(88.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.8<br />(94.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.5<br />(94.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.7<br />(90.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.3<br />(88.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.1<br />(88.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.4<br />(84.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(75.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6000; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">27.5<br />(81.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFDDBC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3<br />(48.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFC790; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.5<br />(54.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.6<br />(74.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.5<br />(79.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br />(81.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.1<br />(80.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(78.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.0<br />(71.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFAE5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.2<br />(61.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFD2A5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0<br />(51.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">20.6<br />(69.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.9<br />(21.4) </td> <td style="background: #CECEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.4<br />(24.1) </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4<br />(38.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4AA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6<br />(51.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.1<br />(59.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9C39; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.8<br />(65.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.1<br />(68.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9A35; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.1<br />(66.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.9<br />(55.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4CA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.3<br />(46.9) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.0<br />(35.6) </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.6<br />(30.9) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−5.9<br />(21.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #FBFFFB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.5<br />(0.10) </td> <td style="background: #F7FFF7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.5<br />(0.18) </td> <td style="background: #F6FFF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.4<br />(0.21) </td> <td style="background: #F4FFF4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6<br />(0.26) </td> <td style="background: #E9FFE9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.5<br />(0.57) </td> <td style="background: #C7FFC7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.2<br />(1.43) </td> <td style="background: #9FFF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63.9<br />(2.52) </td> <td style="background: #88FF88; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.8<br />(3.14) </td> <td style="background: #CCFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.9<br />(1.30) </td> <td style="background: #F7FFF7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.7<br />(0.19) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7<br />(0.03) </td> <td style="background: #FBFFFB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.2<br />(0.09) </td> <td style="background: #DEFFDE; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">256.9<br />(10.11) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days </th> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4 </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5 </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6 </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5 </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.9 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0 </td> <td style="background: #D3D3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5 </td> <td style="background: #D7D7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2 </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.8 </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2 </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">13.1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(at 17:30 <a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</span> </th> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32 </td> <td style="background: #9797FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27 </td> <td style="background: #A7A7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23 </td> <td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20 </td> <td style="background: #AEAEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21 </td> <td style="background: #8888FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31 </td> <td style="background: #5252FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">45 </td> <td style="background: #3F3FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">50 </td> <td style="background: #6262FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">41 </td> <td style="background: #9797FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27 </td> <td style="background: #9393FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28 </td> <td style="background: #8888FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31 </td> <td style="background: #8888FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">31 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Dew_point" title="Dew point">dew point</a> °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7<br />(45) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(50) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13<br />(55) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14<br />(57) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17<br />(63) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(72) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13<br />(55) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9<br />(48) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">16<br />(61) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Ultraviolet_index" title="Ultraviolet index">ultraviolet index</a> </th> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #F18B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">9 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #E53210; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #F18B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7 </td> <td style="background: #F18B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #FFF300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #F18B00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/India_Meteorological_Department" title="India Meteorological Department">India Meteorological Department</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IMDnormals_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMDnormals-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IMDextremes_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMDextremes-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Time and Date (dewpoints, 2005–2015)<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: Tokyo Climate Center (mean temperatures 1991–2020),<sup id="cite_ref-TCC1_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCC1-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Weather Atlas<sup id="cite_ref-Weather_Atlas_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Weather_Atlas-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jaisalmer&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="notheme barbox tright" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#Fcd116"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Religions in Jaisalmer City (2011)</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Religion</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Percent</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:darkorange; width:89.93%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">89.93%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:8.20%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">8.20%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:yellow; width:0.54%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.54%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:blue; width:0.50%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.50%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:maroon; width:0.46%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.46%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:gold; width:0.07%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.07%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <p>According to the 2011 census, Jaisalmer had a population of 65,471. Around 90% of the population is Hindu, 8.20% is Muslim and the remaining are Sikhs, Christians, and Jains. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jaisalmer&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bada_bhagh,_jaialmer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Bada_bhagh%2C_jaialmer.jpg/220px-Bada_bhagh%2C_jaialmer.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Bada_bhagh%2C_jaialmer.jpg/330px-Bada_bhagh%2C_jaialmer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Bada_bhagh%2C_jaialmer.jpg/440px-Bada_bhagh%2C_jaialmer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bada_Bagh" title="Bada Bagh">Bada Bagh</a> and windmill farms of Jaisalmer.</figcaption></figure> <p>Tourism is a major industry in Jaisalmer. </p><p>In recent years, there has been a growing focus on renewable energy in the region. Jaisalmer has been home to various <a href="/wiki/Wind_power" title="Wind power">wind</a> and <a href="/wiki/Solar_energy" title="Solar energy">solar energy</a> projects, taking advantage of the ample sunlight and wind resources in the desert. </p><p>The Government of India initiated departmental exploration for oil in 1955–56 in the Jaisalmer area.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Oil_India" title="Oil India">Oil India Limited</a> discovered <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas">natural gas</a> in 1988 in the <a href="/wiki/Jaisalmer_basin" title="Jaisalmer basin">Jaisalmer basin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Musicians and dancers are also a major cultural export from Jaisalmer to the rest of the world. Manganiyar musicians have played the world over, and <a href="/wiki/Queen_Harish" title="Queen Harish">Queen Harish</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the dancing desert drag queen, has toured the world over and has featured in international movies. </p><p>Jaisalmer is also known for its leather <a href="/wiki/Messenger_bag" title="Messenger bag">messenger bags</a>, made from wild camels native to the area. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture/Cityscape"><span id="Culture.2FCityscape"></span>Culture/Cityscape</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jaisalmer&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Culture/Cityscape"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jaisalmer_Fort">Jaisalmer Fort</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jaisalmer&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Jaisalmer Fort"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Jaisalmer_Fort" title="Jaisalmer Fort">Jaisalmer Fort</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sonar_kila_-Jaisalmer_Fort_after_sunset_(32507661086).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Sonar_kila_-Jaisalmer_Fort_after_sunset_%2832507661086%29.jpg/500px-Sonar_kila_-Jaisalmer_Fort_after_sunset_%2832507661086%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="500" height="332" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Sonar_kila_-Jaisalmer_Fort_after_sunset_%2832507661086%29.jpg/750px-Sonar_kila_-Jaisalmer_Fort_after_sunset_%2832507661086%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Sonar_kila_-Jaisalmer_Fort_after_sunset_%2832507661086%29.jpg/1000px-Sonar_kila_-Jaisalmer_Fort_after_sunset_%2832507661086%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1029" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">The Jaisalmer fort in Rajasthan.</div></figcaption></figure> <p>Built in 1156 by the Bhati Rajput ruler Jaisal, <a href="/wiki/Jaisalmer_Fort" title="Jaisalmer Fort">Jaisalmer Fort</a>, situated on Meru Hill and named as <i>Trikoot Garh</i> has been the scene of many battles. Its massive <a href="/wiki/Sandstone" title="Sandstone">sandstone</a> walls are a pale yellow colour during the day, turning to a darker gold as the sun sets. The famous Indian film director <a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> wrote a detective novel and later turned it into a film − <i><a href="/wiki/Sonar_Kella" title="Sonar Kella">Sonar Kella</a></i> (The Golden Fortress) which was based on this fort. About a quarter of city's population still live inside the fort. The main attractions inside the fort are the Raj Mahal (Royal <a href="/wiki/Palace" title="Palace">palace</a>), <a href="/wiki/Jain" class="mw-redirect" title="Jain">Jain</a> temples and the Laxminath temple. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jain_heritage">Jain heritage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jaisalmer&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Jain heritage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A number of ornate buildings in Jaisalmer were built by its <a href="/wiki/Jain_community" class="mw-redirect" title="Jain community">Jain community</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Derasar" class="mw-redirect" title="Derasar">temples</a>, notably the temples dedicated to the 16th <a href="/wiki/Tirthankara" title="Tirthankara">Tirthankara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shantinath" class="mw-redirect" title="Shantinath">Shantinath</a>, and 23rd Tirthankara, <a href="/wiki/Parshvanath" class="mw-redirect" title="Parshvanath">Parshvanath</a>. </p><p>There are <a href="/wiki/Jaisalmer_Fort_Jain_temples" title="Jaisalmer Fort Jain temples">seven Jain temples</a> in total which are situated within the Jaisalmer fort built during the 12th and 15th centuries. Among these temples, the biggest is the <i>Paraswanath Temple</i>; the others are <i>Chandraprabhu temple</i>, <i>Rishabdev temple</i>, <i>Shitalnath Temple</i>, <i>Kunthunath Temple</i>, and <i>Shantinath Temple</i>. Known for their exquisite work of art and architecture that was predominant in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">medieval era</a> the temples are built out of yellow sandstone and have intricate engravings on them. </p><p>Jaisalmer has some of the oldest libraries of India which contain the rarest of the manuscripts and artefacts of Jain tradition. There are many <a href="/wiki/Tirtha_(Jainism)" title="Tirtha (Jainism)">pilgrimage centres</a> around Jaisalmer such as <a href="/wiki/Lodhurva_Jain_temple" title="Lodhurva Jain temple">Lodhurva Jain temple</a> (Lodarva), Amarsagar, Brahmsar and <a href="/wiki/Pokhran" title="Pokhran">Pokharan</a>. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 335px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 330px; height: 280px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:N-RJ-87_Fort_including_Ancient_Temples_Jaisalmer_SolReyes20100917_332.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Chandraprabhu Jain Temple inside the Jaisalmer Fort"><img alt="Chandraprabhu Jain Temple inside the Jaisalmer Fort" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/N-RJ-87_Fort_including_Ancient_Temples_Jaisalmer_SolReyes20100917_332.JPG/300px-N-RJ-87_Fort_including_Ancient_Temples_Jaisalmer_SolReyes20100917_332.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/N-RJ-87_Fort_including_Ancient_Temples_Jaisalmer_SolReyes20100917_332.JPG/450px-N-RJ-87_Fort_including_Ancient_Temples_Jaisalmer_SolReyes20100917_332.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/N-RJ-87_Fort_including_Ancient_Temples_Jaisalmer_SolReyes20100917_332.JPG/600px-N-RJ-87_Fort_including_Ancient_Temples_Jaisalmer_SolReyes20100917_332.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Chandraprabhu Jain Temple inside the Jaisalmer Fort</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 335px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 330px; height: 280px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jain_temples,_Jaisalmer_Fort_-_panoramio_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jain Temple inside the Jaisalmer Fort"><img alt="Jain Temple inside the Jaisalmer Fort" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Jain_temples%2C_Jaisalmer_Fort_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg/300px-Jain_temples%2C_Jaisalmer_Fort_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="179" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Jain_temples%2C_Jaisalmer_Fort_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg/450px-Jain_temples%2C_Jaisalmer_Fort_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Jain_temples%2C_Jaisalmer_Fort_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg/600px-Jain_temples%2C_Jaisalmer_Fort_-_panoramio_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3063" data-file-height="1829" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Jain Temple inside the Jaisalmer Fort</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 335px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 330px; height: 280px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Umbrella_roof.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Ceiling of Jain temple inside the Jaisalmer Fort"><img alt="Ceiling of Jain temple inside the Jaisalmer Fort" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Umbrella_roof.JPG/300px-Umbrella_roof.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="225" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Umbrella_roof.JPG/450px-Umbrella_roof.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Umbrella_roof.JPG/600px-Umbrella_roof.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ceiling of Jain temple inside the Jaisalmer Fort</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 335px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 330px; height: 280px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jaisalmer_Jain_Temple_17.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Carving on the wall of Jain Temple, Jaisalmer Fort"><img alt="Carving on the wall of Jain Temple, Jaisalmer Fort" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Jaisalmer_Jain_Temple_17.jpg/300px-Jaisalmer_Jain_Temple_17.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Jaisalmer_Jain_Temple_17.jpg/450px-Jaisalmer_Jain_Temple_17.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Jaisalmer_Jain_Temple_17.jpg/600px-Jaisalmer_Jain_Temple_17.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Carving on the wall of Jain Temple, Jaisalmer Fort</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 335px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 330px; height: 280px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jaisalmer,_India,_Jaisalmer_Fort,_Jain_Temple_Interior.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Jain Haveli architecture"><img alt="Jain Haveli architecture" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Jaisalmer%2C_India%2C_Jaisalmer_Fort%2C_Jain_Temple_Interior.jpg/300px-Jaisalmer%2C_India%2C_Jaisalmer_Fort%2C_Jain_Temple_Interior.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Jaisalmer%2C_India%2C_Jaisalmer_Fort%2C_Jain_Temple_Interior.jpg/450px-Jaisalmer%2C_India%2C_Jaisalmer_Fort%2C_Jain_Temple_Interior.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Jaisalmer%2C_India%2C_Jaisalmer_Fort%2C_Jain_Temple_Interior.jpg/600px-Jaisalmer%2C_India%2C_Jaisalmer_Fort%2C_Jain_Temple_Interior.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Jain Haveli architecture</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 335px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 330px; height: 280px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lodurva_Temples.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lodhurva Jain temple"><img alt="Lodhurva Jain temple" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Lodurva_Temples.jpg/300px-Lodurva_Temples.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Lodurva_Temples.jpg/450px-Lodurva_Temples.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Lodurva_Temples.jpg/600px-Lodurva_Temples.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3880" data-file-height="2587" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Lodhurva_Jain_temple" title="Lodhurva Jain temple">Lodhurva Jain temple</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 335px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 330px; height: 280px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Parsvanatha_Lodhruva.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Parshvantha, Lodhruva Jain Temple"><img alt="Parshvantha, Lodhruva Jain Temple" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Parsvanatha_Lodhruva.jpg/187px-Parsvanatha_Lodhruva.jpg" decoding="async" width="187" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Parsvanatha_Lodhruva.jpg/281px-Parsvanatha_Lodhruva.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Parsvanatha_Lodhruva.jpg/375px-Parsvanatha_Lodhruva.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Parshvantha, Lodhruva Jain Temple</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jaisalmer&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gadsisar_Lake_Sunset.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Gadsisar_Lake_Sunset.jpg/220px-Gadsisar_Lake_Sunset.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Gadsisar_Lake_Sunset.jpg/330px-Gadsisar_Lake_Sunset.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Gadsisar_Lake_Sunset.jpg/440px-Gadsisar_Lake_Sunset.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4241" data-file-height="2337" /></a><figcaption>Gadsisar Lake</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gadisar_Lake" title="Gadisar Lake">Gadisar Lake</a> – Excavated in 1367 by Rawal Gadsi Singh, it is a scenic rainwater lake surrounded by the small temples and shrines of Amar Sagar. Earlier, this lake was used to be the main water source of Jaisalmer. Due to an increased water demand for agriculture, the lake is increasingly threatened with drying up.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bada_Bagh" title="Bada Bagh">Bada Bagh</a>, a complex with <a href="/wiki/Chhatri" title="Chhatri">chhatris</a> of <a href="/wiki/Jai_Singh_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Jai Singh II">Jai Singh II</a> (d. 1743) and subsequent Maharajas of Jaisalmer <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bada_bhagh,_jaialmer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Bada_bhagh%2C_jaialmer.jpg/220px-Bada_bhagh%2C_jaialmer.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Bada_bhagh%2C_jaialmer.jpg/330px-Bada_bhagh%2C_jaialmer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Bada_bhagh%2C_jaialmer.jpg/440px-Bada_bhagh%2C_jaialmer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bada_Bagh" title="Bada Bagh">Bada Bagh</a> (Royal Family Cenetophs) </figcaption></figure></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_the_neighbourhood">In the neighbourhood</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jaisalmer&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: In the neighbourhood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jaisalmer_War_Museum" title="Jaisalmer War Museum">Jaisalmer War Museum</a>, a solemn tribute to the nation's military heritage and the sacrifices of its soldiers.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuldhara" title="Kuldhara">Kuldhara</a>, a ghost village near Jaisalmer</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kuldhara,_an_abandoned_village_(30738705327).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Kuldhara%2C_an_abandoned_village_%2830738705327%29.jpg/220px-Kuldhara%2C_an_abandoned_village_%2830738705327%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Kuldhara%2C_an_abandoned_village_%2830738705327%29.jpg/330px-Kuldhara%2C_an_abandoned_village_%2830738705327%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Kuldhara%2C_an_abandoned_village_%2830738705327%29.jpg/440px-Kuldhara%2C_an_abandoned_village_%2830738705327%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2248" /></a><figcaption>Kuldhara Village</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tanot_Mata" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanot Mata">Tanot Mata</a>, a historical temple near Indo-Pak border.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramdevra" title="Ramdevra">Ramdevra</a>, a village in Jaisalmer, is named after Baba Ramdevji, a Tanwar Rajput and a saint who took Samādhi in 1384 CE, at the age of 33 years. He is worshiped today by many social groups of India as Ishta-deva.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Longewala" title="Battle of Longewala">Battle of Longewala</a> point</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desert_National_Park" title="Desert National Park">Desert National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lodhruva" title="Lodhruva">Lodhruva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajkumari_Ratnavati_Girls_School" title="Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls School">Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls School</a></li> <li><i>Moolchand Ji Ki Prol</i> is an ancient heritage site in Jhinjhinyali village.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jhinjhinyali is 100 km away from Jaisalmer district headquarters.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Museums">Museums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jaisalmer&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Museums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Thar Heritage Museum</li> <li>Baa RI Haveli On Fort</li> <li>Desert Culture Centre & Museum</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaisalmer_Folklore_Museum" title="Jaisalmer Folklore Museum">Jaisalmer Folklore Museum</a></li> <li>Government Museum</li> <li>Jaisalmer Fort Palace Museum</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akal_Wood_Fossil_Park" title="Akal Wood Fossil Park">Akal Fossil Park Museum</a></li> <li>Cactus Park Museum, Kuldhara</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanot_Mata" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanot Mata">Tanot Museum</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Desert_festival">Desert festival</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jaisalmer&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Desert festival"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_jumping_camel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/A_jumping_camel.jpg/220px-A_jumping_camel.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/A_jumping_camel.jpg/330px-A_jumping_camel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/A_jumping_camel.jpg/440px-A_jumping_camel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6192" data-file-height="4128" /></a><figcaption>A jumping camel in Desert Festival</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Desert_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Desert Festival">Desert Festival</a> of Jaisalmer is the most awaited and famous cultural and colourful event of Rajasthan. Camel races, Turban-tying and Mr. Desert competitions are organised. It is held in the month of February every year. The festival showcases Rajasthani folk songs and dance and it is very attractive to foreign tourists. Gair and Fire dancers which are the major attraction of the Jaisalmer desert festival celebrations. This is the best time to visit Jaisalmer to witness performing arts like Kalbelia dances and folk songs and music. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jaisalmer&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1222442370">.mw-parser-output .mapframe-multi-container>label:first-of-type{clear:both}.mw-parser-output .mapframe-multi-container a.mw-kartographer-container.floatright,.mw-parser-output .mapframe-multi-container a.mw-kartographer-container.floatleft,.mw-parser-output .mapframe-multi-container div.mw-kartographer-container.tright,.mw-parser-output .mapframe-multi-container div.mw-kartographer-container.tleft{padding:0 0 0 0;margin:0 0 0 0}</style><div class="mapframe-multi-outer-container mw-kartographer-container thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:300px"><div class="switcher-container mapframe-multi-container"><div><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container floatright" style="width: 300px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="300" data-height="200" data-zoom="4" data-lat="26.916666666667" data-lon="70.916666666667" data-overlays="["_cc0c9e7ea5a8d7ac295b818926d9067db56ce634"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/4/26.916666666667/70.916666666667/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,4,26.916666666667,70.916666666667,300x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Jaisalmer&groups=_cc0c9e7ea5a8d7ac295b818926d9067db56ce634" width="300" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,4,26.916666666667,70.916666666667,300x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Jaisalmer&groups=_cc0c9e7ea5a8d7ac295b818926d9067db56ce634 2x" alt="Map" /></a><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show zoomed out</span></div><div><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container floatright" style="width: 300px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="300" data-height="200" data-zoom="6" data-lat="26.916666666667" data-lon="70.916666666667" data-overlays="["_cc0c9e7ea5a8d7ac295b818926d9067db56ce634"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/6/26.916666666667/70.916666666667/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,6,26.916666666667,70.916666666667,300x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Jaisalmer&groups=_cc0c9e7ea5a8d7ac295b818926d9067db56ce634" width="300" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,6,26.916666666667,70.916666666667,300x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Jaisalmer&groups=_cc0c9e7ea5a8d7ac295b818926d9067db56ce634 2x" alt="Map" /></a><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show zoomed mid</span></div><div><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container floatright" style="width: 300px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="300" data-height="200" data-zoom="10" data-lat="26.916666666667" data-lon="70.916666666667" data-overlays="["_cc0c9e7ea5a8d7ac295b818926d9067db56ce634"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/10/26.916666666667/70.916666666667/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,26.916666666667,70.916666666667,300x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Jaisalmer&groups=_cc0c9e7ea5a8d7ac295b818926d9067db56ce634" width="300" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,10,26.916666666667,70.916666666667,300x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Jaisalmer&groups=_cc0c9e7ea5a8d7ac295b818926d9067db56ce634 2x" alt="Map" /></a><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show zoomed in</span></div></div></div></div> <p>Jaisalmer is connected to the rest of Rajasthan by buses provided by <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan_State_Road_Transport_Corporation" title="Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation">Rajasthan State Transport Corporation</a> as well as other private bus operators. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Jaisalmer_Airport" title="Jaisalmer Airport">Jaisalmer Airport</a> is located 17 kilometres southeast of Jaisalmer. Flights serve Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Surat and Jodhpur. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jaisalmer_Airport_terminal_view_from_Apron.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Jaisalmer_Airport_terminal_view_from_Apron.png/220px-Jaisalmer_Airport_terminal_view_from_Apron.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Jaisalmer_Airport_terminal_view_from_Apron.png/330px-Jaisalmer_Airport_terminal_view_from_Apron.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Jaisalmer_Airport_terminal_view_from_Apron.png/440px-Jaisalmer_Airport_terminal_view_from_Apron.png 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="578" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jaisalmer_Airport" title="Jaisalmer Airport">Jaisalmer Airport</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Jaisalmer_railway_station" title="Jaisalmer railway station">Jaisalmer railway station</a> runs daily trains between Jaisalmer and Jaipur, through which it is connected to Delhi and other cities all over India. This station comes under Jodhpur (JU) division of the Northwestern Railway (NWR). Additionally, there exists a luxury tourist train known as <a href="/wiki/Palace_on_Wheels" title="Palace on Wheels">Palace on Wheels</a>, which covers the major tourist destinations of Rajasthan, including Jaisalmer. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jaisalmer_railway_station_-Jaisalmer_-Rajasthan_-20190306_071845.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Jaisalmer_railway_station_-Jaisalmer_-Rajasthan_-20190306_071845.jpg/220px-Jaisalmer_railway_station_-Jaisalmer_-Rajasthan_-20190306_071845.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Jaisalmer_railway_station_-Jaisalmer_-Rajasthan_-20190306_071845.jpg/330px-Jaisalmer_railway_station_-Jaisalmer_-Rajasthan_-20190306_071845.jpg 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a>, was partly shot at Jaisalmer Fort.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sonar_Kella" title="Sonar Kella">Sonar Kella</a></i> (1974), Satyajit Ray's Bengali film, based on his eponymous novel featuring his creation, the detective <a href="/wiki/Feluda" title="Feluda">Feluda</a>, was based in Jaisalmer and surrounding areas.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hothat_Brishti" title="Hothat Brishti">Hothat Brishti</a></i> (1998), a Bengali film, was shot in Jaisalmer.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nanhe_Jaisalmer" title="Nanhe Jaisalmer">Nanhe Jaisalmer</a></i> (2007), <a href="/wiki/Bollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Bollywood">Hindi</a> film shot in Jaisalmer</li> <li><i>Goray Gondogol</i> (2012), a Bengali film, was partly shot in Jaisalmer.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kishore_Kumar_Junior" title="Kishore Kumar Junior">Kishore Kumar Junior</a></i> (2018), a Bengali film, was partly shot in Jaisalmer.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Eken:_Ruddhaswas_Rajasthan" title="The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan">The Eken: Ruddhaswas Rajasthan</a></i> (2023), Bengali movie directed by <a href="/wiki/Joydip_Mukherjee" title="Joydip Mukherjee">Joydip Mukherjee</a> and based on <a href="/wiki/Ekenbabu" title="Ekenbabu">Ekenbabu</a>, a detective of <a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Police" title="Kolkata Police">Kolkata Police</a>, written by New Jersey–based Bengali author Sujan Dasgupta.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jaisalmer&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Multanaram_Barupal" title="Multanaram Barupal">Multanaram Barupal</a>, politician, advocate and former member of <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan_Legislative_Assembly" title="Rajasthan Legislative Assembly">Rajasthan Legislative Assembly</a> from Jaisalmer constituency</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhotu_Singh_Bhati" title="Chhotu Singh Bhati">Chhotu Singh Bhati</a>, politician and member of <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan_Legislative_Assembly" title="Rajasthan Legislative Assembly">Rajasthan Legislative Assembly</a> from <a href="/wiki/Jaisalmer_(Rajasthan_Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaisalmer (Rajasthan Assembly constituency)">Jaisalmer constituency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Harish" title="Queen Harish">Queen Harish</a>, folk dancer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mame_Khan" title="Mame Khan">Mame Khan</a>, Rajasthani folk singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swaroop_Khan" title="Swaroop Khan">Swaroop Khan</a>, playback folk singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raseshwari_Rajya_Laxmi" title="Raseshwari Rajya Laxmi">Raseshwari Rajya Laxmi</a>, queen of Jaisalmer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore" title="Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore">Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore</a>, politician, Olympic medallist and retired colonel in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rooparam" title="Rooparam">Rooparam</a>, politician and former member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Jaisalmer constituency</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gajendra_Singh_Shekhawat" title="Gajendra Singh Shekhawat">Gajendra Singh Shekhawat</a>, politician and union cabinet minister in the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti" title="Ministry of Jal Shakti">Ministry of Jal Shakti</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jaisalmer&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paramara_dynasty" title="Paramara dynasty">Paramara</a>, Dalvi-Deshmukh of Nasik originating from Jaisalmer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pokhran" title="Pokhran">Pokhran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi_Canal" title="Indira Gandhi Canal">Indira Gandhi Canal</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jaisalmer&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Gahlot Research Institute, Jodhpur.</li> <li>Somani, Ram Vallabh. 1993. <i>History of Rajasthan</i>.</li> <li>Tod, James & Crooke, William. 1829. <i>Annals & Antiquities of <b>Rajasthan</b> or the Central and Western Rajput States of India</i>. 3 Vols. Reprint: Low Price Publications, Delhi. 1990. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/81-85395-68-3" title="Special:BookSources/81-85395-68-3">81-85395-68-3</a> (set of 3 vols.)</li> <li>Spirit Desert Camp Best Desert Camp in Jaisalmer Visit <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://campinjaisalmer.in/">https://campinjaisalmer.in/</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jaisalmer&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons" title="Wikimedia Commons">Wikimedia Commons</a> has media related to:<br /> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Jaisalmer" class="extiw" title="commons:Jaisalmer"><span style="font-style:italic; 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