Sambhar Lake Town
Salt pans, flamingos and a narrow gauge line.
- Where
- Sambhar, Rajasthan, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 26.9110, 75.1848
Get the Sambhar Lake Town stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Sambhar Lake Town. 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 Sambhar Lake Town
Sambhar Salt Lake 11 km
The largest inland salt lake in India, worked since the sixth century and pink with flamingoes in winter.
Khatushyamji 55 km
A Shyam temple in Sikar that draws lakhs in Phalgun, the deity being Barbarika of the Mahabharata.
Sanganer Blue Pottery Workshops 61 km
Pottery fired without clay, using quartz and glass, brought from Persia through Kashmir in the eighteenth century.
Rambagh Palace 62 km
A hunting lodge of 1835 turned into the maharaja's residence, then a hotel, keeping its marble corridors.
Jawahar Kala Kendra 62 km
Charles Correa's arts centre in Jaipur, nine squares laid out like the old city's plan.
Nahargarh Fort 63 km
Built to guard Jaipur from the ridge above it, and never attacked, so its walls are as its builders left them.
Moti Dungri 63 km
A Ganesh temple in Jaipur under a hilltop palace built like a Scottish castle.
Albert Hall Museum 63 km
The oldest museum in Rajasthan, built in Indo Saracenic style and opened in 1887, still holding an Egyptian mummy.
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Questions
Where is Sambhar Lake Town?
Sambhar Lake Town is in Sambhar, Rajasthan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Sambhar Salt Lake (11 km), Khatushyamji (55 km), Sanganer Blue Pottery Workshops (61 km).
How do I get the Sambhar Lake Town stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Sambhar Lake Town 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 Sambhar Lake Town 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.
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