Jai Vilas Mahal
The Scindia palace with a chandelier so heavy they marched elephants on the roof to test it.
- Where
- Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 26.2047, 78.1686
Get the Jai Vilas Mahal stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Jai Vilas Mahal. 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 Jai Vilas Mahal
Gwalior Fort 2.1 km
On a sandstone plateau three kilometres long, and the place where the symbol for zero was first written down in stone.
Chausath Yogini Temple, Mitaoli 27 km
A circular temple of sixty four cells on a hill, and the building the Parliament of India is said to echo.
Bateshwar Temples 32 km
Two hundred small temples of the eighth century, rebuilt stone by stone from rubble over the last twenty years.
Kakanmath Temple 43 km
An eleventh century Shiva temple near Morena standing without mortar, and half fallen.
Datia Palace 59 km
Seven storeys, never lived in, all stone and brick.
Machkund 61 km
A tank ringed by a hundred temple spires in the Chambal ravines, filling only after good rain.
Narwar Fort 68 km
A fort of eight square kilometres on a scarp of the Vindhyas, five hundred feet above the town.
Sabalgarh Fort 76 km
A hill fort on a rock at Sabalgarh, named with the town after the raja who founded both.
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Questions
Where is Jai Vilas Mahal?
Jai Vilas Mahal is in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Gwalior Fort (2.1 km), Chausath Yogini Temple, Mitaoli (27 km), Bateshwar Temples (32 km).
How do I get the Jai Vilas Mahal stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Jai Vilas Mahal 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 Jai Vilas Mahal 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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