Nahargarh Fort
Built to guard Jaipur from the ridge above it, and never attacked, so its walls are as its builders left them.
- Where
- Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
- Grade
- State heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 3 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 26.9374, 75.8153
Get the Nahargarh Fort stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Nahargarh 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 Nahargarh Fort
Govind Dev Ji Temple 1.3 km
The Krishna image Jai Singh brought from Vrindavan and set in his palace garden, where the city still comes for the seven daily aartis.
Garh Ganesh Temple 1.5 km
A temple below Nahargarh that Jai Singh built facing his own palace, with no trunk on the idol.
City Palace, Jaipur 1.6 km
Still the home of the Jaipur royal family, with two silver urns that carried Ganges water to England for a Maharaja who would not drink anything else.
Jantar Mantar 1.7 km
Nineteen instruments including the largest stone sundial on earth, which tells local time to within two seconds.
Hawa Mahal 1.9 km
The palace of winds: 953 latticed windows built so royal women could watch the street unseen.
Jaipur 2.5 km
The walled city Jai Singh laid out on a grid in 1727, painted pink for a prince in 1876, and never repainted.
Albert Hall Museum 2.9 km
The oldest museum in Rajasthan, built in Indo Saracenic style and opened in 1887, still holding an Egyptian mummy.
Jal Mahal 3.6 km
A five storey palace in the middle of Man Sagar lake, four of those storeys under water for most of the year.
More state heritage sites in Rajasthan
Questions
Where is Nahargarh Fort?
Nahargarh Fort is in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Govind Dev Ji Temple (1.3 km), Garh Ganesh Temple (1.5 km), City Palace, Jaipur (1.6 km).
How do I get the Nahargarh Fort stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Nahargarh 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 Nahargarh 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.
Collect your first stamp.
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