Jay Searle Mel: the India desert in the golden castle

Jay Searle Mel Castle (Jaisalmer), located inIndiaRajasthan Thar desert hinterland, distance 280 kilometers second city of Jodhpur rajasthan. Jay Searle Mel is a long history of the castle, the year 1156, the castle by the local Bateti family princes "(Rawal Jaisal) - built in terry Coot-Tha. After that, people around the castle formed a city -- Jay Searle Mel.

Golden City

As India toEgyptAndEuropeThe trade transit city, Jay Searle Mel was very prosperous in history. Unfortunately, after the opening of the Suez canal, the loss of traffic hub position of Jay Searle Mel toward the inevitable decline. Now, this once glorious city, into a is only more than 6 residents of small cities and towns.

Jay Searle Mel

Desert in the Golden City

We to Dajie Iser Mel on the same day, is already in the afternoon. At dusk is coming, we gave up immediately into the castle to, choose in the castle town tour beat.

After the castle around, turn a circle we found: the Jay Searle Mel city is very small, the streets are mostly old street. These streets are very narrow, even a small car can not pass. But the building is very distinctive -- are a golden yellow sandstone crafted, each to the sundowners, from afar, Jay Searle Mel is like a golden palace, right in the middle of the desert shining. People can not help but think of "one thousand one night" -- The Legend Legend, Jay Searle Mel was the heavenly palace, just cursed by magic, so it was moved to the desert.

The castle wall, the scenery is very charming. Its south is a lake, lake water birds fly, the shore is a thicket swamp. Full of vitality, can let a person forget myself in the desert. Because all the vegetation is very low, so here's a very broad vision, an eye hopes to go, we can see the towering in the sky castle -- people suspicious sight is it right? "Mirage" phantom.

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Listen to local people say, Jay Searle Mel castle is a city full of suffering heavy city memory. In the 1295-1315 years, there had been no Mughal Empire's brutal aggression and plunder. In the battle field for 7 years, lived in a castle in the Bateti army finally could not resist the onslaught of the enemy. That year, on the last evening play off for the victory, Bart. People held their own unique fighting ceremony -- in Queens and princesses led, all the women wear the most beautiful sari, wearing the most precious jewelry, and comb your hair with rose water, perfume, and with his children jumped on the fire, the fire in the drumbeats and chants; men wearing Tibetan red shirt, out of the gates and the final showdown...... So, Jay Searle Mel in his own blood to defend their homes, even if the outcome is not to hesitate to proceed without hesitation, solemn and stirring.