Kuldhara
Abandoned in one night, and never resettled.
- Where
- Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India
- Grade
- State heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 3 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 26.8699, 70.7851
Get the Kuldhara stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Kuldhara. 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 Kuldhara
Desert National Park 11 km
Three thousand square kilometres of sand and scrub holding the last few hundred great Indian bustards on earth.
Jaisalmer Fort 13 km
A living fort of golden sandstone: a quarter of the town's people still live inside its walls.
Patwon ki Haveli 14 km
Five houses built by one trading family, their yellow sandstone facades cut so fine the screens look like cloth.
Bada Bagh 14 km
Royal cenotaphs on a ridge, with windmills behind.
Gadisar Lake 14 km
The city's water supply, and its ghats.
Khuri Sand Dunes 19 km
Quieter dunes forty kilometres from Jaisalmer, where the villages still build in mud and cow dung against the heat.
Thar Desert 25 km
The great desert of the northwest, shared with Pakistan, where the dunes shift and the villages do not.
Sam Sand Dunes 28 km
Forty kilometres from Jaisalmer, where the Thar stops being scrub and becomes the dunes people picture.
More state heritage sites in Rajasthan
Questions
Where is Kuldhara?
Kuldhara is in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Desert National Park (11 km), Jaisalmer Fort (13 km), Patwon ki Haveli (14 km).
How do I get the Kuldhara stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Kuldhara 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 Kuldhara 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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