Monuments & Heritage in Rajasthan
125 places in Rajasthan under monuments & heritage. Memorials, old towns and protected sites.
Explore with dates- AchalgarhSirohi, Rajasthan · FortsRana Kumbha's 1452 hill fort, with a Shiva temple below that worships a toe-print instead of a lingam.
- Adhai Din ka JhonpraAjmer, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageA 1199 mosque raised on the pillars of a Chauhan Sanskrit college, behind the Dargah.
- Ahar Cenotaphs and MuseumUdaipur, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageThe royal cremation ground of Mewar: 250 cenotaphs and a copper-age site under the village.
- Ahhichatragarh, Nagaur FortNagaur, Rajasthan · FortsA restored Mughal-Rathore garden palace in a 12th-century fort, with the cattle fair at its gates in winter.
- Ajmer Sharif DargahAjmer, Rajasthan · Pilgrimage RoutesThe tomb of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, the most visited Sufi shrine in India.
- Albert Hall MuseumJaipur, Rajasthan · MuseumsThe 1887 Indo-Saracenic state museum, with a real Egyptian mummy in the basement.
- Alwar City Palace and MuseumAlwar, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisA working collectorate with one of the best small manuscript and miniature museums in Rajasthan upstairs.
- Ana Sagar LakeAjmer, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsThe 12th-century lake with Shah Jahan's marble pavilions on its shore. Ajmer's evening walk.
- Anand Sagar Lake (Bai Talab)Banswara, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsBanswara's town lake, with wish-trees and the rulers' cenotaphs on its shore.
- Anupgarh FortSri Ganganagar, Rajasthan · FortsA 1689 Bikaner frontier fort in a canal town near the border. Ruined, quiet, free.
- Arthuna TemplesBanswara, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesThe ruined temples of the Paramara capital of Vagad, scattered through a village 55 km from Banswara.
- Bada BaghJaisalmer, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageThe royal cenotaphs of Jaisalmer on a low hill. Sunset is the time.
- Badnore FortBhilwara, Rajasthan · FortsA seven-storey Mewar noble's fort, home of Rao Jaimal who died holding Chittor in 1568.
- Bairath (Viratnagar)Kotputli-Behror, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageThe 3rd-century BC Buddhist hill where an Ashokan edict was found, with Pandava legends below.
- Bala QilaAlwar, Rajasthan · FortsThe ridge fort over Alwar. Babur slept here once; you will need a police chit and a car.
- Bangur Museum, PaliPali, Rajasthan · MuseumsA small district museum of temple sculpture and coins, a fair companion to the Godwar sites.
- Barmer Fort and Garh TempleBarmer, Rajasthan · FortsA hilltop walk to the Garh temple above the desert town, with the embroidery bazaar below.
- Baroli TemplesChittorgarh, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesEight carved Pratihara temples of the 9th century in a grove by the Chambal near Rawatbhata.
- Bayana Fort and Usha MandirBharatpur, Rajasthan · FortsA ridge fort with a Gupta pillar and a temple that changed religion twice. Rough, empty, worth it.
- Beawar Old TownBeawar, Rajasthan · Villages & Hidden GemsThe 1836 walled market town Colonel Dixon built, known for its gates and its tilpatti.
- BhandarejDausa, Rajasthan · Villages & Hidden GemsA quiet old thikana town with a large stepwell and a palace hotel, near Chand Baori.
- Bhandasar Jain TempleBikaner, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesA 1514 Jain temple painted in gold leaf, with a legend of ghee in the mortar.
- Bhangarh FortAlwar, Rajasthan · FortsAn intact 16th-century ghost town. The ruins are the point; the haunting is a sign board.
- Bharatpur Palace and MuseumBharatpur, Rajasthan · MuseumsThe state museum inside the Iron Fort, with a painted bathhouse next door.
- Bhatner FortHanumangarh, Rajasthan · FortsOne of the oldest forts in India, taken by Timur, renamed for Hanuman in 1805.
- BhinmalJalore, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesBrahmagupta's 7th-century capital, with the Varaha Shyam temple and a 72-shrine Jain complex.
- Bijolia TemplesBhilwara, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesThree Chauhan-era Shiva temples around a tank, and the 1170 inscription historians lean on.
- Bisalpur Dam & Bisaldeo TempleTonk, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsA 12th-century Chauhan Shiva temple standing at the edge of the dam that waters Jaipur.
- Bundi Garh PalaceBundi, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisA goblin-built palace, Kipling said, with the finest painted rooms in Rajasthan at the top.
- Chand BaoriDausa, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageThe deepest of the stepwells: 3,500 steps in thirteen tiers, dug in the 9th century.
- Chandrabhaga templesJhalawar, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesSeventh-century temples on a river bank, and a Kartik cattle fair that takes over the ghats.
- Chaurasi Khambon ki ChhatriBundi, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageAn 84-pillar cenotaph a king built for his foster brother in 1683.
- Chittorgarh FortChittorgarh, Rajasthan · FortsThe old capital of Mewar on a 7 km plateau: two towers, three sieges, and a full day to see it.
- Churu HavelisChuru, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageShekhawati havelis with almost no tourists, in the town with the coldest winters in Rajasthan.
- City Palace JaipurJaipur, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisThe Kachwaha city palace of 1727, with the peacock gate and the two giant silver urns.
- City Palace, UdaipurUdaipur, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisFour centuries of Mewar palaces joined into one wall above Lake Pichola. Allow half a day.
- Dadhimati Mata TempleNagaur, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesA Nagaur goddess temple with an inscription of 608 CE, among the oldest dated in Rajasthan.
- Deeg FortDeeg, Rajasthan · FortsThe Jat fort next to the palace, ruinous inside but the ramparts are worth the walk.
- Deeg PalaceDeeg, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisThe Jat water palace with two thousand fountains. They run for a few days a year; go anyway.
- Deo Somnath TempleDungarpur, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesA 12th-century Solanki-style Shiva temple in white stone on the Som, built without mortar.
- Devi Kund SagarBikaner, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageThe royal cenotaphs of Bikaner, red sandstone and marble, 8 km out of town.
- Dilwara Jain TemplesSirohi, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesMarble carved to lace in two 11th and 13th-century Jain temples. Open to tourists from noon, no cameras.
- DundlodJhunjhunu, Rajasthan · FortsA 1750 fort turned heritage hotel, painted Goenka cenotaphs and a Marwari horse stud.
- Eklingji, KailashpuriUdaipur, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesThe Shiva who rules Mewar, in a walled compound of 108 shrines 22 km north of Udaipur.
- Fatehpur ShekhawatiSikar, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisPainted merchant havelis, one restored by a French artist, in a town quieter than Mandawa.
- Gadisar LakeJaisalmer, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsThe tank that watered Jaisalmer for six centuries, entered through a courtesan's gate.
- Gagron FortJhalawar, Rajasthan · FortsThe water fort of the Hill Forts list, at the meeting of two rivers. Go when they are full.
- Gaib Sagar Lake and Shrinathji TempleDungarpur, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsDungarpur's town lake, with a carved pareva-stone temple complex and a palace on its shores.
- GaneshwarSikar, Rajasthan · Pilgrimage RoutesA hot-spring temple village on the site that sent copper to the Harappan cities.
- Gang CanalSri Ganganagar, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageThe 1927 canal that turned the Thar edge green, and gave the town its name.
- Ghanta Ghar and Sardar MarketJodhpur, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageThe clock tower square where the blue city starts, and where the mirchi vada is.
- Hadi Rani ki BaoriTonk, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageA fine three-storey stepwell in Todaraisingh that hardly anyone visits.
- HaldighatiRajsamand, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageThe 1576 battlefield of Maharana Pratap and Akbar, with the tomb of his horse Chetak.
- Harshnath TempleSikar, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesA ruined 10th-century Chauhan Shiva temple on the hilltop above Sikar, among wind turbines.
- Hawa MahalJaipur, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisA five-storey screen of 953 windows built in 1799. Best seen from across the road.
- Hindumalkot BorderSri Ganganagar, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageThe Indo-Pak border 25 km from Sri Ganganagar. No ceremony, just the fence.
- Jagdish TempleUdaipur, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesThe 1651 Vishnu temple at the heart of the old city, a short walk from the palace gate.
- Jaigarh FortJaipur, Rajasthan · FortsThe garrison fort above Amber, home of the Jaivana, the largest wheeled cannon ever made.
- Jaipur Walled CityJaipur, Rajasthan · UNESCO SitesThe 1727 planned grid inside the wall, painted pink in 1876 and never repainted.
- Jaisamand Lake (Dhebar)Salumbar, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsA 17th-century marble dam holding back one of Asia's largest artificial lakes, 50 km from Udaipur.
- Jalore FortJalore, Rajasthan · FortsKanhadadev's hill fort that held out against Alauddin Khalji until 1311. An hour's climb with no shade.
- Jantar MantarJaipur, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageThe 1734 stone observatory whose 27 metre sundial still reads time to two seconds.
- Jaswant ThadaJodhpur, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageThe translucent marble memorial to Jaswant Singh II, a quiet ten minutes from Mehrangarh.
- Jhalawar Garh Palace and Bhawani NatyashalaJhalawar, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisA small state palace with a 1921 theatre where horses came up through the stage.
- Jhalrapatan Surya templeJhalawar, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesA 10th-century Sun temple in the bazaar of a walled town that once rang with temple bells.
- Juna BarmerBarmer, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageThe abandoned 12th-century first Barmer, a Jain temple and fort walls in the scrub.
- Juna MahalDungarpur, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisA 13th-century hill palace in Dungarpur, seven storeys of murals and mirror work, key from the hotel.
- KalibanganHanumangarh, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageA Harappan city on the dead Ghaggar, with the oldest ploughed field in the world.
- Kaman and Chaurasi KhambaDeeg, Rajasthan · Pilgrimage RoutesA Braj pilgrim town on the Rajasthan side, with an 84-pillar Pratihara hall at its centre.
- Kansua MahadevKota, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesA living Shiva temple with one of the oldest dated inscriptions in Rajasthan, 738 CE.
- Karauli City PalaceKarauli, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisA frescoed sandstone palace in a small town that tourism forgot. That is the appeal.
- Khandar FortSawai Madhopur, Rajasthan · FortsThe other Ranthambore fort, on the far edge of the forest, ruined and nearly always empty.
- Kiradu TemplesBarmer, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesFive carved Solanki temples in an empty valley near Barmer, ruined, cursed by legend, and worth the drive.
- Kolvi CavesJhalawar, Rajasthan · CavesThe main Buddhist cave group in Rajasthan, 5th century, on a laterite hill nobody drives to.
- Kota Garh Palace and MuseumKota, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisThe Kota palace on the Chambal, worth it for the Hadoti hunting miniatures alone.
- Kuchaman FortDidwana-Kuchaman, Rajasthan · FortsA 32-bastion hill fort with the best mirror room in Marwar, run as a hotel but open to ask.
- KuldharaJaisalmer, Rajasthan · Villages & Hidden GemsThe Paliwal village that emptied overnight two centuries ago, and stayed empty.
- Kumbhalgarh FortRajsamand, Rajasthan · FortsRana Kumbha's ridge-top fort with a 36 km wall, the birthplace of Maharana Pratap.
- Laila Majnu ki MazarSri Ganganagar, Rajasthan · Pilgrimage RoutesLaila and Majnu are said to lie here, two graves in a field by the border.
- LakshmangarhSikar, Rajasthan · FortsA fort on a rock above a gridded merchant town, with the biggest painted haveli in Shekhawati.
- Lodurva Jain TempleJaisalmer, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesThe old capital before Jaisalmer, with a 1615 Jain temple and a carved torana.
- Lohagarh FortBharatpur, Rajasthan · FortsThe mud fort that Lord Lake could not take. Cannon balls sank into it and stayed there.
- Mandalgarh FortBhilwara, Rajasthan · FortsA contested Mewar frontier fort above the meeting of three rivers, empty most days.
- MandawaJhunjhunu, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisThe densest cluster of painted havelis in Shekhawati, below a 1755 castle that is now a hotel.
- Mandore GardensJodhpur, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageThe old Rathore capital: red sandstone cenotaphs built like temples, and a rock wall of painted heroes.
- MenalChittorgarh, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesCarved 11th-century Shiva temples on the edge of a gorge, with a waterfall in the rains.
- Mirpur Jain TempleSirohi, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesThe 9th-century marble temple said to be the oldest in Rajasthan, standing alone in the fields near Sirohi.
- Moosi Maharani ki ChhatriAlwar, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageThe finest cenotaph in Alwar, marble over red sandstone, beside a still tank.
- Nagri (Madhyamika)Chittorgarh, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageThe mound of Madhyamika, a Mauryan-era city north of Chittorgarh, with a stone enclosure and little else.
- Nathmal ki HaveliJaisalmer, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageTwo brothers carved a facade apart, and it almost matches. A haveli that is still a home.
- NawalgarhJhunjhunu, Rajasthan · MuseumsThe town with the best-kept frescoes in Shekhawati, restored in the Podar Haveli Museum.
- Neelkanth Mahadev templesAlwar, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesA Pratihara temple town in the Sariska forest, mostly in fragments, almost always empty.
- Neemrana BaoriKotputli-Behror, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageA nine-storey 1760 stepwell ten minutes from Neemrana fort that most visitors miss.
- OsianJodhpur, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesSixteen temples from the 8th and 9th centuries at the edge of the sand, an hour north of Jodhpur.
- Panna Meena ka KundJaipur, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageThe criss-cross stepwell behind Amber town. Look from the top, the steps are roped off.
- Patrika GateJaipur, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageA 2016 gateway of painted arches by the airport, built for photographs and very good at it.
- Patwon ki HaveliJaisalmer, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageFive carved merchant havelis in one lane, the richest in Jaisalmer.
- Phalodi Fort and HavelisPhalodi, Rajasthan · FortsA salt town of red sandstone havelis round a plain 15th-century fort, the stop before Khichan.
- Rajsamand Lake and NauchowkiRajsamand, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsNine marble pavilions on a 17th-century dam, carrying the longest stone inscription in India.
- Ramgarh Crater and Bhand DevraBaran, Rajasthan · Rock & RappelA meteorite crater with a 10th-century temple inside it. Nothing else in Rajasthan is like it.
- Ramgarh ShekhawatiSikar, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageThe Poddar merchant town of 1791, with the finest painted cenotaphs in Shekhawati and no crowds.
- Rampuria HavelisBikaner, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageRed sandstone merchant havelis in the old city lanes, with bhujia at the end of the walk.
- Ranakpur Jain TemplePali, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesA 1439 marble temple on 1,444 pillars that never repeat. Tourists get in from noon to five.
- Raniji ki BaoriBundi, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageThe best of the Bundi stepwells, 1699, carved and deep, in the middle of the traffic.
- Ranthambore FortSawai Madhopur, Rajasthan · FortsA 10th-century hill fort inside the tiger reserve. Free road in, hard climb, huge views.
- RatangarhChuru, Rajasthan · Villages & Hidden GemsAn 1820 walled junction town with a clock tower and a scatter of painted havelis.
- Sahastra Bahu Temples, NagdaUdaipur, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesTwo carved 10th-century Vishnu temples by a lake, a stop most coaches skip on the way to Eklingji.
- Saheliyon ki BariUdaipur, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageA queen's pleasure garden of gravity fountains and marble elephants, fed from Fateh Sagar.
- Salim Singh ki HaveliJaisalmer, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageThe prime minister's haveli whose top storey fans out like a peacock.
- Sarneshwar Temple, SirohiSirohi, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesThe Sirohi rulers' 1526 Shiva temple on the hill outside town, its Bhadra fair still run by the family.
- Sethani ka JoharaChuru, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsA famine-relief tank of 1899 that still holds water, ringed with chhatris. Go at sunset.
- Shahabad FortBaran, Rajasthan · FortsA 1521 hill fort on the Shivpuri road with a giant cannon and no crowds.
- Shergarh Fort, BaranBaran, Rajasthan · FortsAn old river fort in south Baran with an 8th-century inscription and no visitors.
- Shergarh Fort, DholpurDholpur, Rajasthan · FortsA ruined Sur-period fort on the Chambal ravines. Empty, silent, and thirty kilometres from anywhere.
- Shrinathji, NathdwaraRajsamand, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesKrishna's haveli where darshan comes in eight short windows a day, and a 369 ft Shiva on the hill.
- Sisodia Rani ka BaghJaipur, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisA 1728 terraced Mughal garden on the Agra road, built for a Sisodia queen.
- Siwana FortBalotra, Rajasthan · FortsA 10th-century granite hill fort that fell to Alauddin Khalji in 1308 and later hid the Rathores.
- Sunehri KothiTonk, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisA plain house hiding a hall of gold leaf and mirrors, left by the Nawabs of Tonk.
- Tanot Mata and LongewalaJaisalmer, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesThe temple the shells missed and the 1971 battlefield, on the road to the border.
- Taragarh FortBundi, Rajasthan · FortsThe ruined star fort over Bundi. Steep, monkey-ridden, and the best view in town.
- Tarkeen DargahNagaur, Rajasthan · Pilgrimage RoutesThe 13th-century Chishti shrine of Nagaur, second only to Ajmer and far quieter.
- Timangarh FortKarauli, Rajasthan · FortsA huge ruined fort on the Karauli plateau, famous mostly for what was stolen from it.
- Toorji ka JhalraJodhpur, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageA 1740s stepwell dug out from decades of rubbish in 2014, now the old city meeting point.
- Topkhana, JaloreJalore, Rajasthan · Monuments & HeritageAn 11th-century Sanskrit school turned mosque turned gunpowder store, in the lanes below Jalore fort.
- Umaid Bhawan PalaceJodhpur, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisA 1929 famine-relief palace in golden sandstone, one wing of it a museum you can walk into.
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