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Jodhpur Art and culture


Enriched with hues of blue-gold, Jodhpur presents a cultural panorama that enamors you with its attractions that radiate the glory of local customs and age-old traditions.

Rao Jodha established royal Jodhpur in the middle of a waterless land that was known as "Marusthal" or "the land of death." Rao Jodha, a Rathore Rajput from Kannauj built this imperial city that glows with architectural grandeur.

Jodhpur enchants you with its heart-warming cultural customs steeped in desert color and rituals that in combination with jewel like architecture offer you glorious cultural holidays.

Listen to heart wrenching tales of legendary love escapades; feel the divine spirit as women sing bani's or religious songs; watch young Kalbeliya performers sway in perfect rhythm to folk music played with gusto and delve deep into the cultural abyss of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India with Indian Horizons.

Cultural holidays in Jodhpur show you a grand land with a royal past. Tour a local village and watch with awe as women balance earthen pots on their heads and carry water from wells to their homes, see the bright frescoes of animal and bird figures that adorn the walls of the mud thatched huts.

Participate in Marwar festivities and visit a royal wedding in Jodhpur. Be charmed at customs like anointing ones forehead with vermilion and showering flowers on a guest and more on your cultural holidays in Jodhpur with Indian Horizons.