Financial Times, 2019
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In the shadow of its legendary fort, the ancient city of Jodhpur intrigues heritage hotels, garrulous merchants, and cultural initiatives.
Azure or golden – take your pick. Jodhpur’s best-known sobriquet is the Blue City, and Mehrangarh, the storied fort that towers above it, is called the Citadel of the Sun; and this ancestral stronghold of the Rajput tribe, whose Rathor clan founded the maharaja dynasty that lives here to this day, still cleaves to both descriptions.