Pokaran Tourism, Rajasthan India

Pokaran is also known as Pokhran is a city and a municipality located in Jaisalmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is a remote location in the Thar Desert region and served as the test site for India's first underground nuclear weapon detonation.

Made famous by India’s nuclear tests, the small town of Pokaran lies on the highway that links Jodhpur to Jaisalmer. It’s 110 km east of Jaisalmer and 117 km north of Jodhpur. While the chief attraction here of Fort Pokaran, with its museum and heritage hotel, there is a lot to be explored around Pokaran too. The museum is obscure but interesting, housing artifacts ranging from armory to costumes to miniatures, which have been collected by the Pokaran family over the years.