TRAVELLER’S CHOICE: THE WORLD SACRED SPIRIT FESTIVAL IN JODHPUR – TAASA Review June 2015

Christina Sumner A soft breeze from the surrounding Thar Desert stirred the early evening air as we walked through the great doorway of Jodhpur’s magnificent Mehrangarh Fort for the second time that day.

Part way through our Threads of Rajasthan tour, with Jaipur and Udaipur still to come, we had so far touched down in Mumbai, explored the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Ajanta and Ellora and travelled to golden Jaisalmer in the far west of Rajasthan.

Now in blue-washed Jodhpur, we had already visited Mehrangarh on that St Valentine’s Day morning...