History: The fort and the village of Auwa stand proud in the Godwad area of Marwar heralding a history over 1000 years old. The fort and eighty villages and town belonged to the Champawat Clan, the premier nobles of the Jodhpur kingdom. The Champawat family still resides in the Fort. Numerous battles and wars were fought by the Auwa cheiftains against the Mughals, Marathas, French and lastly the British.

In the Indian Mutiny of 1857 the Fort of Auwa was laid siege to by the British Army for 6 months and countless battles took place including the death of Captain Mason whose cenotaph stands where he fell in battle.

The fort & village still carry the scars of that siege...

Auwa village and Fort was re-reconstructed once again with the great determination of the people and the Thakur of Auwa. Presently the fort houses a beautiful constructed traditional home of the Thakurs of Auwa.

Resort: Fortress Hotels & Resorts Pvt. Ltd. has re-constructed the Fort to offer quiet luxury of a retreat in an aesthetically converted resort. The architecture of the fort is an eccentric mix of pre-Mughal traditional Hindu sculpture with Neo-Colonial, Indo-Saracenic style. It is liberally sprinkled with courtyards, terraces and beautiful temples. The rooms and suites have been designed preserving the rich cultural and architectural heritage of the fort, namely the Kamdar Dera, Pratap Bhawan, Ganesh Sal, Sri Krishankunj and Dhruv Pol.