Mount Abu
The only hill station in Rajasthan, a green island of oak and rose at seventeen hundred metres above the desert.
- Where
- Rajasthan, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 24.5924, 72.7082
Get the Mount Abu stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Mount Abu. 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 Mount Abu
Nakki Lake 0.7 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.
Dilwara Temples 2.5 km
Marble worked so thin in places that light passes through it, cut between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries.
Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary 8.9 km
The forest on the Aravalli plateau round the hill station, with the only sloth bears in Rajasthan.
Guru Shikhar 11 km
The highest point in the Aravallis, with a small Dattatreya shrine and a bell at the top.
Ambaji Temple 32 km
A Shakti Peetha with no idol, only a yantra.
Sundha Mata Temple 44 km
Chamunda on the Sundha hilltop in Jalore district.
Jawai Dam 70 km
A dam across the Jawai, a tributary of the Luni, in the granite hill country of Pali district.
Taranga Jain Temple 70 km
Solanki stonework high on a lonely hill.
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Questions
Where is Mount Abu?
Mount Abu is in Rajasthan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Nakki Lake (0.7 km), Dilwara Temples (2.5 km), Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary (8.9 km).
How do I get the Mount Abu stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Mount Abu 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 Mount Abu 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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