Dharmendar Kanwar

Dharmendar Kanwar is an award-winning travel writer who started her professional writing career shortly after graduating. She has written scripts for television documentaries and contributed stories and photographs to almost all major magazines and newspapers in India.

For Dharmendar, writing is a full-time job, and she is also deeply involved in heritage conservation. She has worked extensively with Rajasthan Tourism, producing several awardwinning brochures and books. Over her impressive 25-year career, her work promoting Rajasthan’s art and architectural heritage earned her the Maharaja Vishan Singh Award for her contributions to Travel and Tourism in 2012. In 1993-94, she was recognized as the Best Travel Writer (English) by the Government of Rajasthan.

Dharmendar has a close connection with Rajmata Gayatri Devi. She has published two biographies of the famous Rajmata: Enduring Grace and The Last Queen of Jaipur. Additionally, she is the Managing Trustee of the Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh Benevolent Trust, a charitable organization established by the late Rajmata. Dharmendar is also the Convenor of the Jaipur Chapter of INTACH. Since 2012, she has been the author of the *Times of India Jaipur Food Guide*, and her reviews can be found on [Times City](http://timescity.com/critic-Dharmendar.Kanwar).

Among her many popular publications are titles like Rajasthan Simply Colourful, Welcome to Rajasthan, The Jewel of Rajasthan, Delhi-Agra-Jaipur, Colourful Rajasthan, Jaipur: 10 Easy Walks, Temples of Jaipur, Palace on Wheels, Royal Rajasthan on Wheels, Hadauti: The Unexplored Rajasthan, and Chittorgarh: The Braveheart of Rajputana, along with Rambagh Palace, and many more.

In addition to her writing, Dharmendar has designed several brochures, cards, booklets, souvenirs, t-shirts, posters, and annual reports. She was also a prominent speaker at the Imagine Photojournalism Seminar in 2016, 2017, and 2018, sharing her insights and experiences with attendees.