Places to visit in Haryana
27 places to visit in Haryana, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Hansi Fort, Ibrahim Lodi's Tomb, Kabuli Bagh Mosque and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Haryana volume.
4 National monuments · 1 State heritage sites · 4 Famous places to visit · 18 Hidden gems
National monuments in Haryana (4)
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Hansi Fort
Asigarh, held by everyone from the Tomars to the British.
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Ibrahim Lodi's Tomb
The tomb of Ibrahim Lodi at Panipat, the last sultan of his line.
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Kabuli Bagh Mosque
Built by Babur in 1527 to mark the battle the year before that started the Mughal empire.
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Surajkund
An amphitheatre shaped reservoir of the tenth century, built to catch water off the Aravalli backslope.
State heritage sites in Haryana (1)
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Bhima Devi Temple Site
Ninth century sculpture in the Khajuraho manner, found in pieces and reassembled in a small museum garden.
Famous places to visit in Haryana (4)
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Farrukhnagar
A walled salt town built in 1732, with an octagonal stepwell, a Sheesh Mahal and the Sultanpur bird sanctuary across the fields.
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Hathnikund Barrage
A barrage on the Yamuna finished in 1999, replacing one the British built three kilometres downstream in 1873.
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Morni Hills
The only hill station in Haryana, twin lakes in the Shivaliks that local belief holds are joined underground.
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Rakhigarhi
The largest Harappan site in the subcontinent, still a village.
Hidden gems in Haryana (18)
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Adi Badri
Where the Saraswati is said to leave the hills.
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Agroha Dham
A mound of the Agrawal origin story, and a new temple on it.
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Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary
The largest wetland in Haryana, made by canal seepage, and full of birds in winter.
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Brahma Sarovar
A tank on the plain where the Mahabharata places its eighteen day war, drawing pilgrims at every solar eclipse.
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Cactus Garden
The largest outdoor cactus garden in Asia, with over three thousand five hundred species of Indian succulent.
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Damdama Lake
The Aravalli lake nearest Delhi.
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Dhosi Hill
An extinct volcano in the Aravallis where Chyavana is said to have made the first chyawanprash.
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Farrukhnagar Sheesh Mahal
A salt town's palace and its stepwell.
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Gurudwara Nada Sahib
On the Ghaggar where Guru Gobind Singh stopped after the battle of Bhangani in 1688.
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Jyotisar
A banyan under which the Gita is said to have been spoken, with a marble chariot beside it.
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Kalesar National Park
Sal forest on the Shivalik foothills, joined to Rajaji across the state line, with leopard and elephant passing through.
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Karna Lake
A tank named for the one who gave everything away.
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Nuh Nalhar Temple
At the foot of the Aravallis, reached by a long stair.
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Pehowa
Rites for the dead on the Saraswati.
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Pinjore Gardens
A seventeenth century Mughal terraced garden in the Shivaliks, laid out in seven levels on a natural slope.
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Sultanpur National Park
A shallow lake an hour from Delhi where two hundred and fifty bird species stop on the way through.
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Tikkar Taal
Two lakes at different heights a hundred metres apart, and nobody has satisfactorily explained why.
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Tosham Hill
Rock inscriptions and a bathing tank on a lone hill.
Collecting in Haryana
What are the best places to visit in Haryana?
LOQAH lists 27 places in Haryana. The best known include Hansi Fort, Ibrahim Lodi's Tomb, Kabuli Bagh Mosque, Surajkund and Bhima Devi Temple Site. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Haryana?
27, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Haryana?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Haryana before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Haryana and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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