Sambhar Salt Lake
The largest inland salt lake in India, worked since the sixth century and pink with flamingoes in winter.
- Where
- Sambhar, Rajasthan, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 26.9417, 75.0764
Get the Sambhar Salt Lake stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Sambhar Salt Lake. 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 Salt Lake
Sambhar Lake Town 11 km
Salt pans, flamingos and a narrow gauge line.
Khatushyamji 57 km
A Shyam temple in Sikar that draws lakhs in Phalgun, the deity being Barbarika of the Mahabharata.
Harshnath Temple 63 km
A tenth century Shiva temple on a hill near Sikar, broken up by Aurangzeb's men and still worth the climb.
Ana Sagar Lake 69 km
A lake dug in the twelfth century by Prithviraj Chauhan's grandfather, with Shah Jahan's marble pavilions along one side.
Ajmer Sharif Dargah 70 km
Six hundred years of qawwali and the Urs.
Adhai Din ka Jhonpra 70 km
A Sanskrit college turned mosque in two and a half days.
Pushkar Lake 72 km
Fifty two ghats around a lake said to have formed where a lotus fell from Brahma's hand, beside one of his few temples anywhere.
Sanganer Blue Pottery Workshops 73 km
Pottery fired without clay, using quartz and glass, brought from Persia through Kashmir in the eighteenth century.
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Questions
Where is Sambhar Salt Lake?
Sambhar Salt Lake is in Sambhar, Rajasthan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Sambhar Lake Town (11 km), Khatushyamji (57 km), Harshnath Temple (63 km).
How do I get the Sambhar Salt Lake stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Sambhar Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake 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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