Makrana

Makrana is a civil board and a tehsil in the Nagaur locale of Rajasthan, India. There are in excess of 136 towns under this tehsil, making Makrana one of the greatest tehsils in Nagour District. Makrana is renowned for the white marble taken from the mines around it. Makrana marble was utilized in development of the Taj Mahal. Makrana is a substantial town and has many marble outcrops.

The greater part of the occupants in Makrana procure their employment from mining marble. Makrana was a royal state in British India. It is home to a portion of the world's most prestigious white marble locales, from which the Taj Mahal, Victoria Memorial of Kolkata, Birla Temple of Jaipur and Jain Temple of Dilwara in Southern Rajasthan were fabricated. It is said that the 1800 craftsmans who settled Makrana initially originated from a beach front strip in the south of Sindh and Balochistan, in Pakistan and Iran, additionally called Makrana.

These craftsmans came to India to manufacture the Taj Mahal. Makrana is an extensive town in Nagaur area, with a store of 56 million tons of marble and 40,000 workers working in 900 mines in the few scopes of the Aravallis. Makrana is the primary focuses of marble in Rajasthan. Calcitic in nature, Makrana marble is viewed as the most established, and best in quality.