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About Makrāna
Makrana is an urban city located, near Kuchaman City, at the centre of state in Didwana-Kuchaman district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Rajasthani language is widely spoken here. It also served as a tehsil headquarters, with 136 villages under its jurisdiction thus making it the largest tehsil in the district. The biggest village of Makrana tehsil by area is Modicharna.
From the Wikipedia article Makrana (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
Makrana was a part of Jodhpur State in British India. It is home to some of the world's most renowned white marble sites, from which the Taj Mahal, Victoria Memorial of Kolkata, Birla Temple of Jaipur and Jain Temple of Dilwara in Southern Rajasthan were built. It is said that the town is named after the 1800 artisans who came from the coastal strip of Makran in southern Iran, The region planned to be new capital of Iran. Subsequently, Persians also used the term "muqarnas" for the town.
From the History section of Makrana on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Makrāna
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Getting there and nearby towns
Kishangarh Airport (KQH) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 51 km away.
- Borāwar 5 km southwest, about 5 min by car
- Kuchāman 17 km northeast, about 17 min by car
- Parvatsar 18 km south, about 18 min by car
- Nāwa 28 km east, about 28 min by car
- Chāndarun 41 km west, about 41 min by car
- Dīdwāna 42 km north, about 42 min by car
- Losal 44 km northeast, about 44 min by car
- Pushkar 64 km south, about 1 h by car
- Ajmer 66 km south, about 1 h by car
- Sīkar 75 km northeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
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