2. The golden city
• Founded by rawal jaisal
• City is more desert than any other city of rajasthan
• In the sunny day it sparkels like gold
• It stands on a ridge of yellowish sandstone
• Many fort and jain temples are made of this yellow stone
3. Location
• Located 575km west of the state capital
Jaipur
• Pin code – 34500x
• Time zone –ist (utc+5:30)
• Telephone code-02992
4. Geographical climate
• Jaisalmer being a desert region is
prone to extreme in terms of
temperature.
• The temperature varies greatly
from day to night in both
summer and winter
• the maximum temperature is
120F.
• Water is scarce, and generally
brachish.
5. Vegetation
• Throughout Jaisalmer only
raincrops, such as bajra ,
jawar,motif,til etc
• Spring crops are very rare here
as wheat , barely.
6. Vistors attractions
• Jaisalmer fort
• Jain heritage of Jaisalmer
• Lodhurva jain temple
• Chandraprabhu jain temple
• Parshvanta
• Shantinatha
• Desert culture center and musesum