@jodhpurriff The iconic Mehrangarh Fort serves as the venue for the Jodhpur RIFF, a not-for-profit roots music festival. Besides being voted as “Asia’s Best Fortress” by Time Magazine, the fort has for several decades served as a center of patronage for arts, music and literature. The fort was built at a time when the Rathores were expanding and consolidating their power in present-day Rajasthan. It was their ruler, Rao Jodha (r. 1438-1489) who began building the fort on an isolated rock with a