Sana Caves
Sixty two Buddhist caves cut into a hill in Gir Somnath, among the oldest in Gujarat.
- Where
- Gir Somnath, Gujarat, India
- Grade
- State heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 3 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 20.9621, 71.2009
Get the Sana Caves stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Sana Caves. 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 Gujarat volume with your photos and a note.
Near Sana Caves
Diu Fort 35 km
Portuguese from 1535, built on a spit where the sea comes at it from three sides and still does.
St Paul's Church 36 km
Baroque woodwork in the middle of an island town.
Naida Caves 36 km
Quarry pits the Portuguese left, now a maze of light.
Gangeshwar Mahadev Temple 38 km
A Shiva temple down on the rocks at Fudam near Diu, with the Arabian Sea at its feet.
Nagoa Beach 41 km
The horseshoe bay with the hoka palms.
Gir National Park 46 km
The only place outside Africa where lions live wild, down to twenty animals a century ago and now several hundred.
Bhalka Tirtha 83 km
The spot near Somnath where a hunter's arrow struck Krishna in the foot, and the last chapter of the Mahabharata began.
Somnath Temple 83 km
Destroyed and rebuilt at least six times over a thousand years, and standing now on the coast with nothing between it and Antarctica.
More state heritage sites in Gujarat
Questions
Where is Sana Caves?
Sana Caves is in Gir Somnath, Gujarat. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Diu Fort (35 km), St Paul's Church (36 km), Naida Caves (36 km).
How do I get the Sana Caves stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Sana Caves and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Gujarat volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Sana Caves before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Gujarat 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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