Guru Shikhar
The highest point in the Aravallis, with a small Dattatreya shrine and a bell at the top.
- Where
- Sirohi, Rajasthan, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 24.6653, 72.7819
Get the Guru Shikhar stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Guru Shikhar. 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 Guru Shikhar
Dilwara Temples 8.6 km
Marble worked so thin in places that light passes through it, cut between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries.
Mount Abu 11 km
The only hill station in Rajasthan, a green island of oak and rose at seventeen hundred metres above the desert.
Nakki Lake 11 km
The lake at Mount Abu, said to have been dug by a god with his nails, and Gandhi's ashes were put in it.
Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary 20 km
The forest on the Aravalli plateau round the hill station, with the only sloth bears in Rajasthan.
Ambaji Temple 37 km
A Shakti Peetha with no idol, only a yantra.
Sundha Mata Temple 46 km
Chamunda on the Sundha hilltop in Jalore district.
Jawai Dam 59 km
A dam across the Jawai, a tributary of the Luni, in the granite hill country of Pali district.
Jalore Fort 77 km
Swarnagiri, the golden mountain, one of the nine Maru forts raised under the Paramaras.
More famous places to visit in Rajasthan
Questions
Where is Guru Shikhar?
Guru Shikhar is in Sirohi, Rajasthan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Dilwara Temples (8.6 km), Mount Abu (11 km), Nakki Lake (11 km).
How do I get the Guru Shikhar stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Guru Shikhar 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 Guru Shikhar 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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