Transformation of Jaisalmer city
Figure 88 Royal square activities
The gateway to the city's Rajmahal, the former royal palace, is the main attraction on the square. It is now the Jaisalmer Fort Palace Museum & Heritage Centre, but handprints on its sides serve as reminders of what happened here in the past. Royal widows committing sati (self-immolation) in the 14th and 15th centuries will dip their hands in henna and press them against the palace walls before diving onto their husband's funeral pyre.
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Technological University
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Architecture,
Gujarat
