Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Visit Pokharn City Jaisalmer


Pokhran  is a city and a municipality located in the Jaisalmer district of the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is a remote location in the Thar Desert region and served as the test site for India's first underground nuclear weapon detonation.

Fort Pokhran, the 14th century citadel also known as “Balagarh”, stands amidst the Thar Desert. This monument is the premier fort of the chief of the 

Champawats, the clan of Rathores of the state of Marwar-Jodhpur. Fort Pokhran is open for visitors and is being currently run as heritage hotel by the royal family of Pokhran.

In the outskirts of the city, the Shakti Mata Memorial Chatriya, a royal cenotaph, is freely accessible.

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