Junagarh Fort (Bikaner)

India / Rajasthan / Bikaner
 palace, fortification
Junagarh Fort (Rajasthani: जुनाग्द क़िला) is a fort in the city of Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. The fort was originally called Chintamani and was renamed Junagarh or "Old Fort" in the early 20th century when the ruling family moved to Lalgarh Palace outside the fort limits. It is one of the few major forts in Rajasthan which is not built on a hilltop. The modern city of Bikaner has developed around the fort.The Junagarh Fort has a quadrangular perimeter of 1078 yards fortified by 14.50 wide and 40 feet high strong wall. It has 37 bastions (Burj) and two entrances- the Karan Parole facing east, and Chand Parole facing west. The Karan Parole is protected by four gates and Chand Parole by double gates. The gates are fastened with iron gratings, spiky and sharp pointed, which, in olden times, were meant as a stumbling block for the enemy elephants. The total area of fort is 1,63,119 sq. yards. It has 20-25 feet deep moat which is 15 feet wide at the base and 30 feet broad at the top.
The Junagarh Fort is one of the finest and strongest land laid forts in the plains. In the absence of other natural strong forts, the fort was built in the sandy plains with suitable defensive barriers and barricades.

The Junagarh Fort is the result of building activities of sixteen successive generations of the rulers of Bikaner, beginning from the end of the sixteenth century. As a consequence, it contains antique monuments and excellent objects of art, such as the symbolic hands of 'sati's', seven historic Parole (gates), nine attractive temples, little shrines of various deities, four deep wells, three beautiful gardens, post medieval stables and barracks, an old Jail, and armory stones in the ground floor. The most notable are the old palaces, with their porches and pillars, gates and doors, galleries and corridors that were added from time to time. Though they conglomerate and heap up, but fully decorated, they reflect a perfect taste of successive rulers who built them. The red sandstones of which the old palaces are built were brought from Khari and Dulmera quarries, which were discovered in time of Raja Karan Singh. The number of old palaces in the second storey are fifteen; in the third are eight; in the fourth are eleven; and in the fifth are five. Belonging to different periods, pertaining to history, the old palaces resuscitate the events and glories of Bikaner.by hari makar
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junagarh_Fort
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Coordinates:   28°1'20"N   73°19'4"E

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