Bhimbetka Rock Shelters
Paintings on rock going back thirty thousand years, some of the oldest human art anywhere, still in the open air.
- Where
- Raisen, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 22.9385, 77.6120
Get the Bhimbetka Rock Shelters stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Bhimbetka Rock Shelters. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Madhya Pradesh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Bhimbetka Rock Shelters
Ratapani Tiger Reserve 11 km
A forest in Raisen district, a sanctuary since 1976 and a tiger reserve only since 2024.
Bhojeshwar Temple 18 km
An eleventh century temple left unfinished, its lingam over two metres tall, with the masons' plans still cut into the surrounding rock.
Bhojpur Temple 20 km
An unfinished lingam of extraordinary size.
Tribal Museum 40 km
Built by the communities it is about.
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya 41 km
Two hundred acres on the Shymala hills at Bhopal, given over to how people across India actually live.
Van Vihar 41 km
A zoo that is a national park, on the Upper Lake.
Bharat Bhavan 41 km
Charles Correa's building, and the art inside it.
Upper Lake 42 km
Built in the eleventh century by damming the Kolans, and still the source of most of Bhopal's water.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Madhya Pradesh
Questions
Where is Bhimbetka Rock Shelters?
Bhimbetka Rock Shelters is in Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Ratapani Tiger Reserve (11 km), Bhojeshwar Temple (18 km), Bhojpur Temple (20 km).
How do I get the Bhimbetka Rock Shelters stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Bhimbetka Rock Shelters and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Madhya Pradesh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Bhimbetka Rock Shelters before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Madhya Pradesh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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