Mandore Garden- Jodhpur

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The 'Mandore gardens', with its charming collection of temples and memorials, and its high rock terraces. The gardens house the Chhatris (cenotaphs) of many rulers of Jodhpur state. Prominent among them is the chhatri of Maharaja Ajit Singh, built in 1793.

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