THAR – NORTHWEST RAJASTHAN ARCHITECTURAL TRAVEL GUIDE

An Altrim and Poornima University publication

The architectural travel guidebook of the desert cities of Jodhpur, Bikaner and Jaisalmer is proposed to be titled as ‘THAR’ named after the Great Indian Thar Desert. The guide brings out the architectural marvels (old and new) of the three major medieval capital cities of western Rajasthan. The travel guide book, brings together the unique classical and vernacular examples of built environment, since the book covers a larger region, some popular built sites between these three desert cities have also been incorporated. The most unique feature of the travel guidebook is that it contains a special itinerary for Jodhpur, Bikaner and Jaisalmer each, thus bringing out its unique built features onto the platter.

AVAILABLE FROM 2025