On the occassion of  the 556th Jodhpur Foundation Day and coronation year of H.H. Maharajah Shri Gaj Singhji Sahib of Marwar Jodhpur on 12th May, LPPS director Shri Hanwant Singh Rathore and LPPS advisor Dr. Ilse Köhler-Rollefson will be awarded with the 2013’s Marwar Ratna Award for Exceptional and Outsanding Contribution in the Field of Conservation, Preservation and Promotion of Regional Culture and Heritage by H.H. Maharaja Shri Gaj Singhji II of Marwar-Jodhpur.

This is a great recogntion for LPPS, as well as of the camel as a part of regional culture and heritage and sure augurs well for future LPPS work!