Alandi
Dnyaneshwar's samadhi, and the palkhi's start.
- Where
- Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 18.6771, 73.8966
Get the Alandi stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Alandi. 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 Maharashtra volume with your photos and a note.
Near Alandi
Aga Khan Palace 14 km
Where Gandhi, Kasturba and Mahadev Desai were held from 1942, and where two of the three died.
Chaturshringi Temple 17 km
A temple on a hillside in Pune, a hundred steps up, with a fair in Navratri.
Pataleshwar Cave Temple 17 km
An eighth century Rashtrakuta temple cut from one basalt outcrop, in the middle of a modern street.
Shaniwar Wada 18 km
The Peshwa seat, burnt in 1828 so only its walls and gates remain, the largest gate spiked against war elephants.
Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati 18 km
Founded by a sweetmaker who lost his son to plague in 1893, and the centre of Pune's Ganesh festival ever since.
St Patrick's Cathedral, Pune 19 km
A cathedral of 1850 in the cantonment, and the seat of the diocese.
Vetal Hill 19 km
The highest ground inside Pune, with the temple of Vetala at the top of it.
Ghorawadi Caves 20 km
Buddhist caves near Talegaon, also called Shelarwadi, with a chaitya and an inscription.
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Questions
Where is Alandi?
Alandi is in Pune, Maharashtra. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Aga Khan Palace (14 km), Chaturshringi Temple (17 km), Pataleshwar Cave Temple (17 km).
How do I get the Alandi stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Alandi and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Maharashtra volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Alandi before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Maharashtra volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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