Khadakwasla Dam
The dam on the Mutha that Pune drinks from, with the National Defence Academy along its bank.
- Where
- Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 18.4417, 73.7681
Get the Khadakwasla Dam stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Khadakwasla Dam. 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 Khadakwasla Dam
Sinhagad Fort 8.5 km
Taken in a night assault in 1670 by men who climbed the cliff with rope and a monitor lizard, or so the story goes.
Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park 9.9 km
Katraj zoo at Pune, a hundred and thirty acres holding an animal orphanage and a snake park.
Parvati Hill 10 km
A Peshwa temple complex above Pune, a hundred and three steps, and where the Peshwa watched Kirkee lost.
Vetal Hill 11 km
The highest ground inside Pune, with the temple of Vetala at the top of it.
Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati 12 km
Founded by a sweetmaker who lost his son to plague in 1893, and the centre of Pune's Ganesh festival ever since.
Chaturshringi Temple 13 km
A temple on a hillside in Pune, a hundred steps up, with a fair in Navratri.
Shaniwar Wada 13 km
The Peshwa seat, burnt in 1828 so only its walls and gates remain, the largest gate spiked against war elephants.
Pataleshwar Cave Temple 13 km
An eighth century Rashtrakuta temple cut from one basalt outcrop, in the middle of a modern street.
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Questions
Where is Khadakwasla Dam?
Khadakwasla Dam is in Pune, Maharashtra. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Sinhagad Fort (8.5 km), Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park (9.9 km), Parvati Hill (10 km).
How do I get the Khadakwasla Dam stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Khadakwasla Dam 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 Khadakwasla Dam 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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