Mandu
A fortified city on a plateau, its ship palace built between two lakes so it appears to float in the monsoon.
- Where
- Madhya Pradesh, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 22.3353, 75.4158
Get the Mandu stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Mandu. 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 Madhya Pradesh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Mandu
Jama Masjid, Mandu 2.4 km
A great Afghan mosque on a high plinth, modelled on the mosque at Damascus.
Maheshwar Ghats 25 km
Ahilyabai Holkar's capital on the Narmada, its ghats and fort walls dropping straight into the river.
Lat Masjid 30 km
A mosque at Dhar with an iron pillar lying beside it, older than the mosque and broken.
Patalpani Falls 44 km
A fall near Mhow on the Choral, three hundred feet, with a legend about a soldier's ghost.
Lalbagh Palace 60 km
The Holkars' palace at Indore, lived in by the family until 1978.
Rajwada 62 km
Seven storeys of Holkar palace on a busy square.
Mandhata 76 km
A river island in the Narmada with the Omkareshwar jyotirlinga on its southern shore.
Omkareshwar 76 km
An island in the Narmada shaped like the syllable Om, holding another of the twelve jyotirlingas.
More famous places to visit in Madhya Pradesh
Questions
Where is Mandu?
Mandu is in Madhya Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Jama Masjid, Mandu (2.4 km), Maheshwar Ghats (25 km), Lat Masjid (30 km).
How do I get the Mandu stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Mandu and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Madhya Pradesh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Mandu before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Madhya Pradesh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.