Located at the southern tip of the vast sandy plain of Marwar, is a charming city of Jalore. It is a typical small town in Rajasthan, where the hustle and bustle of big cities is not found. The tranquil and serene environment Jalore a good place to experience the unspoiled and friendly atmosphere of the rural population of Rajasthan.
The city is also known as the "Granite City" with hordes of shops dealing in granite. Jalore The bazaar is flooded with Rajasthani handicrafts and remains relatively unaffected by tourist prices affecting known and most accessible places in Rajasthan.
Famous Jalore Tribal Dance
Jalore district is famous for the dances preformed by the Bhil tribes. Bhil tribes are traditional tribal group the southeast corner of Rajasthan. Dhole Bhil dance is most popular in this district. The dancers play a dance called while dhole hype, some carrying swords in their mouths.
This dance incorporates a number of skilled movements in the beating of drums. Other dances of the tribe who have purchased them are very famous Gauri, a dance drama and religious Ghoomar (see Indian Dance and Music), which is the very life-blood of Bhil culture.
Jalore History
Jalore is an significant political division of Marwar in the past. With Sukri and Khari rivers flowing through it, the land is lush and Jalore meant much economic advantage to the ruling clan. The strength in Jalore was one of the '9 castles Maru, when the clan held Paramara Marusthali primary rule (the desert) and surveillance of the southern border of Marwar.
Later, a branch of the Chauhana laid siege to the fortress. The Chauhana guardian divinity enshrined here, Mallianth. Jalore that are part of sovereignty Chauhana Happa called Raj, whose capital was the twin cities and Chotuna Junah (south of Jaisalmer), the connection of the influence of this clan in the areas along the river Luni he had owned, then Paramaras have crushed. The Chauhana ruled the area until the children of Sevji entered these regions, and this was when the name was changed to Sonagas Jalore.
Sevji, the grandson of the last monarch of Kanauj of (Uttar Pradesh), with his brother in 1212AD Saitram moved west to the desert to be a cool place for themselves (some historians believe that his trip west was intended make a pious pilgrimage to the holy city of Dwarka).
Sevji in his lifetime had annexed the western part of the city of Bikaner, Palli and some others on the banks of the river Luni. Their 3children, Asothama, Ajmal cides and extended its territory more - including Jalore.
Mughals Invaded Jalore
Later the Muslim home of Palanpur ruled the principality of Jalore as vassals of the Sultans of Gujarat, before the Mughals came to India. When Akbar's army infested his ruling Gujarat Ghazni Khan II resisted and was caught and imprisoned by the invading army. A few years later was urged by Akbar Khan Ghazni mother not only released on Khan, but also gave his sister in marriage and parenting Palanpur as region of dowry.
Unluckily his son, who is thought to have been corrupted by bad company and too much drinking on the emperor who killed his mother crown. The Mughal emperor Jahangir in Delhi after sent by him and found him shamed of murdering his mother and Aunt Jahangir had crushed under the feet of an elephant.
However, his son, the grandson of Ghazni Khan was appropriated to rule Jalore. In 1704, Durga Das Rathore, Jodhpur chief snatched Moghul emperor Aurangzeb grandchildren and requested the return of Jalore to the Rajput rulers of Jodhpur in ransom. So Jalore reverted to the kingdom of Marwar.
