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Khetri Mahal is located behind a series of lanes. It is a paragon of Shekhawati art and architecture. It is primarily known for its fine paintings and murals mainly supporting the Raghunath temple and Bhopalgarh fort.
Khetri Mahal Location of Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan Coordinates (Jhunjhunu): 75°01′N 76°04′E / 75.02°N 76.06°E / 75.02; 76.06 - 27°23′N 28°19′E / 27.38°N 28.31°E /
Khetri is located in the Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan state in India. The total number of villages in this Tehsil is 106. The sex ratio in Khetri Tehsil is 914 females per 1000 males. The average literacy rate of Khetri Tehsil in 2011 was 72.51%, in which male and female literacy were 85.58% and 58.39%, respectively.
(Descendants of Thakur Kishan Singh): Khetri, founded by Thakur Kishan Singh in 1742, second largest Thikana in Jaipur after Sikar. Site of the kaleidoscopic Bhopalgarh Fort, Bagore Fort and a Palace. Thakur Bhopal Singh constructed the Khetri Mahal in 1770. Alsisar I, site of a fort, founded by Thakur Chattar Singh in 1853.
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The restaurant, Moti Mahal, was hugely successful, drawing the likes of President Richard Nixon, Jacqueline Kennedy and India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, before it closed in 1992.
Khetri Assembly constituency is one of constituencies of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in the Neem Ka Thana (Lok Sabha constituency). Khetri assembly constituency is considered as gurjar dominant . The numbers of gurjar voters in this area is 35% (65 thousand) of total voters .
At Mount Abu he met Raja Ajit Singh of Khetri, who became an ardent devotee and supporter. [30] Swami Tathagatananda , a senior monk in the Ramakrishna Order, wrote of their relationship: Vivekananda's friendship with Maharaja Ajit Singh of Khetri was enacted against the backdrop of Khetri, a sanctified town in Northern Rajasthan, characterized ...