Umaid Bhawan Palace
Built through a famine to give thousands of people paid work, and finished in 1943 with no mortar between its stones.
- Where
- Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 26.2808, 73.0469
Get the Umaid Bhawan Palace stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Umaid Bhawan Palace. 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 Umaid Bhawan Palace
Bishnoi Villages 2.1 km
The people who died for trees three hundred years ago.
Toorji ka Jhalra 3.0 km
A 1740 stepwell buried under rubbish for decades, dug out in 2016 and now the middle of the old city.
Jaswant Thada 3.4 km
A marble cenotaph raised in 1899 for Jaswant Singh II, and the cremation ground of the Marwar family ever since.
Mehrangarh Fort 3.4 km
A fort standing on a cliff a hundred and twenty metres above the blue city, never taken, its gates still marked by cannonballs.
Kaylana Lake 8.1 km
An artificial lake west of Jodhpur made in 1872, with rock and desert round it.
Mandore Gardens 8.2 km
Rathore cenotaphs built like temples.
Om Banna 46 km
A shrine on the Pali highway to a motorcycle, and to the man who died on it.
Osian Temples 51 km
Eighth century Hindu and Jain temples on the edge of the Thar, the oldest surviving group in Rajasthan.
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Questions
Where is Umaid Bhawan Palace?
Umaid Bhawan Palace is in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Bishnoi Villages (2.1 km), Toorji ka Jhalra (3.0 km), Jaswant Thada (3.4 km).
How do I get the Umaid Bhawan Palace stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Umaid Bhawan Palace 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 Umaid Bhawan Palace 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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