Bhangarh Fort
A seventeenth century town abandoned entirely, and the only monument in India the survey closes at sunset.
- Where
- Bhangarh, Rajasthan, India
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 27.0960, 76.2870
Get the Bhangarh Fort stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Bhangarh Fort. 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 Rajasthan volume with your photos and a note.
Near Bhangarh Fort
Sariska Tiger Reserve 33 km
Tigers reintroduced after they were all lost.
Chand Baori 33 km
Thirty five hundred steps in thirteen storeys descending twenty metres, one of the deepest stepwells in India.
Panna Meena ka Kund 45 km
A sixteenth century stepwell with criss crossing stairs on all four sides, so no two people meet coming up and down.
Amer Sound and Light 45 km
The fort lit from across the Maota lake after dark, which is when the scale of it reads properly.
Amber Fort 45 km
A hill fortress of courtyards and mirrored halls, reached the old way: on foot, uphill.
Sheesh Mahal 45 km
A hall lined in mirror and coloured glass, said to light from end to end by a single candle.
Jaigarh Fort 46 km
Holds Jaivana, cast in 1720 and among the largest wheeled cannon ever made, fired exactly once.
Man Sagar Lake 46 km
The lake Jal Mahal stands in, dammed in the seventeenth century after a famine.
More national monuments in Rajasthan
Questions
Where is Bhangarh Fort?
Bhangarh Fort is in Bhangarh, Rajasthan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Sariska Tiger Reserve (33 km), Chand Baori (33 km), Panna Meena ka Kund (45 km).
How do I get the Bhangarh Fort stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Bhangarh Fort and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Rajasthan volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Bhangarh Fort before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Rajasthan volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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