Mehrangarh Fort In Jodhpur Top Intresting Fact In Mehrangarh Fort

It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is considered one of the most important military installations of its type in the world. The fort is located in the city of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, and is one of the most important tourist attractions in India.

The foundation stones of Mehrangarh Fort were laid by the then emperor Rao Jodha, with the purpose of shifting the Marwar capital from Mandore to the hilltop location. The building of Mehrangarh Fort has an interesting backstory behind it. 

The hill on which the fort is built was previously called as ‘Bhakurcheeria’ owing to the fact that it used to be a home to several species of birds. Locals say that when Mehrangarh Fort was being built, Rao Jodha asked the sole occupant on the hill to move his residence somewhere else. The occupant was a hermit called ‘Cheeria Nathji’. He was popular among his followers as the ‘lord of birds’. When Rao Jodha requested him to move, he refused. This happened several times. Thoughtfully, Rao Jodha asked for help from a female warrior sage of Charan Caste, Shri Karni Mata of Deshnok. Karni Mata came and commanded Cheeria Nath Ji to move immediately. Upon seeing a superior power, Cheeria Nath Ji left at once but got offended and cursed Rao Jodha saying, “Jodha! May your citadel ever suffer a scarcity of water!” As an attempt to appease him, Rao Jodha built a house and a temple for him in the fort, which stand upright even till date. Some locals believe that Cheeria Nathji later felt bad and rectified his mistake by saying that the scarcity in the kingdom will occur every alternate year.

Seeing the influence of Karni Mata, Jodha invited her to lay down the foundation stone of the Mehrangarh Fort. Today, only two forts remain owned by the Rathore clan, i.e. the Forts of Bikaner and Jodhpur respectively, both of whose foundation stones were laid by Karni Mata.

It is also acknowledged that in order to ensure that the new site for the capital of Marwar proves to be propitious for the kingdom, Jodha buried a man of the ‘Meghwal’ caste alive into the foundations. It is also said that the man, ‘Raja Ram Meghwal’ offered his services voluntarily and he was promised that in return, his family would be looked after by the people of Rathore dynasty. Even today, the descendants of Meghwal live in Raj Bagh, also known as Raja Ram Meghwal’s Garden. 

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