This is probably the largest and
most elaborate haveli in Jaisalmer. The five Patwa havelis were the first
ones to crop up in Jaisalmer and are known locally as the Patwon-ki-haveli.
The first was constructed in 1805 by a merchant called Guman Chand Patwa and
is the biggest and the most ostentatious. The five-storeyed complex which
reportedly took 50 years to finish.