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About the place:



Destination Barmer is 200 from Jodhpur and 650 km from Ahmedabad,
Barmer is accessible by both road and rail.
Situated in south-west Rajasthan, Barmer shares administrative and
cultural borders with the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat and Sindh in
Pakistan.

Origin of name:
The name Barmer is derived from the ruler Bahada Rao or Bar Rao who is
said to have founded the town in the 13th century, when it was named
Bahadamer (“The Hill Fort of Bahada”)