Bishnoi Villages
The people who died for trees three hundred years ago.
- Where
- Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 26.2968, 73.0351
Get the Bishnoi Villages stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Bishnoi Villages. 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 Bishnoi Villages
Toorji ka Jhalra 1.2 km
A 1740 stepwell buried under rubbish for decades, dug out in 2016 and now the middle of the old city.
Jaswant Thada 1.3 km
A marble cenotaph raised in 1899 for Jaswant Singh II, and the cremation ground of the Marwar family ever since.
Mehrangarh Fort 1.7 km
A fort standing on a cliff a hundred and twenty metres above the blue city, never taken, its gates still marked by cannonballs.
Umaid Bhawan Palace 2.1 km
Built through a famine to give thousands of people paid work, and finished in 1943 with no mortar between its stones.
Mandore Gardens 6.3 km
Rathore cenotaphs built like temples.
Kaylana Lake 7.0 km
An artificial lake west of Jodhpur made in 1872, with rock and desert round it.
Om Banna 48 km
A shrine on the Pali highway to a motorcycle, and to the man who died on it.
Osian Temples 49 km
Eighth century Hindu and Jain temples on the edge of the Thar, the oldest surviving group in Rajasthan.
More hidden gems in Rajasthan
Questions
Where is Bishnoi Villages?
Bishnoi Villages is in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Toorji ka Jhalra (1.2 km), Jaswant Thada (1.3 km), Mehrangarh Fort (1.7 km).
How do I get the Bishnoi Villages stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Bishnoi Villages 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 Bishnoi Villages 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.
Collect your first stamp.
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