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Jodhpur is the second largest city in the sate of Rajasthan and was formerly a princely state known as Marwar. Jodhpur was founded by Rao Jodha of the Rathore Clan of Rajputs in 1459 AD. Jodhpur is now a popular tourist destination and an important business centre in Rajasthan. The major tourist attractions of Jodhpur are the Mehrangarh Fort, the Umaid Bhavan, Osyian Temple and the Jaswant Thada. The Heritage hotels in Jodhpur offer contemporary luxury in nostalgic settings still saturate with the aroma of the past.
Most of the heritage hotels in Jodhpur in India came up in the post-independence era, when stripped of their jagirs, the royal families had a hard time in terms of finance and a harder time to maintain these mansions which entailed huge expenses. As a result, the royal families converted parts of their mansions and palaces into hotels while continuing to live on the other parts which are usually prohibited from public entry.
The elegant rooms at the heritage hotels in Jodhpur Rajasthan are mostly done up with period furniture which have been retained to make you relive the Rajput experience once again here in the 21st century and is worth all the trouble and money. However, the Rajputs, like most royalty, hated to compromise on the luxury front and so the rooms at the heritage hotels in Jodhpur in Rajasthan are decked up with modern gadgets and amenities.
The palaces that were built in the 20th century all took after the colonial traditions in interior designing and even architecture at times and reflect much of the colonial hangover quite common among the princes of India. In fact quite a few of the well known heritage hotels in Jodhpur are housed in some of these later palaces. With the large number of heritage hotels, Jodhpur is now quite a favored spot for the foreign tourists and has come up as a popular venue for fort weddings.
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