Place · Rathore marble cenotaph · India
Jaswant Thada, Jodhpur
Also known as Jaswant Thada
The 1899 Jaswant Thada at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, built by Maharaja Sardar Singh of Marwar as a memorial to his father Maharaja Jaswant Singh II (1838-1895). The marble cenotaph with its ornate stone-carved domes is often called the 'Taj Mahal of Marwar'. The 2-hectare complex sits on a sacred hill 500 metres east of Mehrangarh Fort. The marble was quarried from Makrana (the same source as the Taj Mahal). The complex contains cenotaphs of successive Marwar Maharajas since 1899 and the Jaswant Thada museum of Marwar royal portraits and arms. The 2020 Rajasthan Heritage Weeks commemoration honoured it.
- Function
- Burial and funerary
- Patron dynasty
- Marwar-Jodhpur
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 26.299, 73.024
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- Site withinMehrangarh & Jodhpur
The 1899 Jaswant Thada sits within Jodhpur, 500 metres east of Mehrangarh Fort. The marble cenotaph complex built by Maharaja Sardar Singh for his father Jaswant Singh II is called the 'Taj Mahal of Marwar' and houses the cenotaphs of successive Marwar Maharajas, extending the Jodhpur Rathore royal necropolis across the modern era.
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