This section will inform you a little more about your hosts in Jodhpur, the Devraj Rathores of Setrawa:

We – that are “Mummy”, Govind Singh Rathore and his wife Mukta Kumari with their son Ayushraj, brother Shakti Singh, grandma Thakurani Dev Kumariji and our cousin Bunty, our friendly dog Whisky (we keep her away if somebody is allergic to dogs), some chirping birds and some very nice people helping us with our daily wor: Meera, Paresh, Dipak, Guddu, Asha, Karan, and Bhanwar.

In the early 50´s as a tradition that one son from the family in the thar desert should go and work outside home for some economic support to help family survive in bad conditions of drought (most people in western part of Rajasthan depend on agriculture) and unexpected epidemics, our grandfather out of 5 brothers was the chosen one from the family to go out of the village and work to fulfill the needs of the family whenever they were in need.

Th. Durag Singh Rathore, who was captain in the army and later deputy superintendent of police, moved from the desert village Setrawa to Jodhpur and in 1961 he bought a piece of land from the former Maharaja of Jodhpur and built the (Setrawa House) bungalow number 1 which is till date situated at the Old Public Park Lane.

On half of this bungalow which went under possession of our father Mr. Surendra Singh, later in the year 1990 Durag Niwas Guest House was built upon.

Starting the guest house in 1990 with only two rooms and a common bathroom, we are happy to offer you now 11 basic but well furnished air cooled/air con double/single rooms with attached bathrooms – some with hot water running 24 hours.