For the marble variety that comes from this city, see Makrana marble.
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Makrana is an urban city located at the centre of Rajasthan in Kuchaman City District. It also served as a tehsil headquarters, with 136 villages under its jurisdiction thus making it the largest tehsil in the district. The biggest village of Makrana tehsil by area is Modicharna. Makrana is 110 km (68 mi) west of Jaipur and 190 km (120 mi) north-east of Jodhpur. Makrana is known for the part it has played in building the Taj Mahal by supplying marble, craftsmen and stonemasons to build the iconic UNESCO world heritage centre. It is one of the developing cities in the state. The marble from the town Makrana which is known as Makrana Marble, gets the GHSR (Global Heritage Stone Resources) status from the IUGS.[1]
^"Marble used for Taj Mahal is now 'Global Heritage Stone Resource'". Hindustan Times. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
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