page_title: Kishangarh
section_title: Nepheline Syenite, National Geological Monument
hierarchical_section_title: Kishangarh / Main attractions / Nepheline Syenite, National Geological Monument
caption_attribution_description: English: One of the 26 National Geological Monument of India
context_page_description: Kishangarh is a city and a Municipal Council in Ajmer district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It was built by the Rajgharanas and Maharajas of Jaipur and Jodhpur. It lies 18 miles northeast of Ajmer and 90 km far away from Jaipur. It is connected via Kishangarh Airport, Indian Railways' Kishangarh Railway Station and National Highway #8 #79. It is the birthplace of the Kishangarh style of painting, which is known for the depiction of a courtesan known as Bani Thani. Kishangarh has come to be known as the Marble city of India. It has heritage lake named as Gundolav Lake. Kishangarh Nepheline Syenite, located about 500 m after the bypass bifurcation of Kishangarh towards Jaipur on NH-8, has been notified as one of the National Geographical Monument of India.
context_section_description: Kishangarh Nepheline Syenite is among the 32 National Geological Monuments in India notified by Geological Survey of India(GSI), for their protection, maintenance, promotion and enhancement of geotourism. Nepheline syenite here is an intrusion pluton emplaced along the core of an antiform of metamorphites in Aravalli craton which has been dated 1590 million years to 1910 million years old.
caption: One of the 32 National Geological Monument of India
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