Malhargad
A hill fort near Saswad named for the god Malhari, and the last one the Peshwas built.
- Where
- Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 18.4122, 74.0489
Get the Malhargad stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Malhargad. 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 Maharashtra volume with your photos and a note.
Near Malhargad
Purandar Fort 16 km
Where the treaty was signed that Shivaji broke, and where Sambhaji was born.
Shinde Chhatri 18 km
Mahadji Scindia's memorial at Wanowrie, Anglo-Rajasthani, with the cremation platform inside.
St Patrick's Cathedral, Pune 19 km
A cathedral of 1850 in the cantonment, and the seat of the diocese.
Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park 20 km
Katraj zoo at Pune, a hundred and thirty acres holding an animal orphanage and a snake park.
Bhuleshwar Temple 20 km
A thirteenth century Shiva temple on a hill near Yavat, carved and then partly defaced.
Aga Khan Palace 22 km
Where Gandhi, Kasturba and Mahadev Desai were held from 1942, and where two of the three died.
Parvati Hill 23 km
A Peshwa temple complex above Pune, a hundred and three steps, and where the Peshwa watched Kirkee lost.
Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati 23 km
Founded by a sweetmaker who lost his son to plague in 1893, and the centre of Pune's Ganesh festival ever since.
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Questions
Where is Malhargad?
Malhargad is in Pune, Maharashtra. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Purandar Fort (16 km), Shinde Chhatri (18 km), St Patrick's Cathedral, Pune (19 km).
How do I get the Malhargad stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Malhargad and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Maharashtra volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Malhargad before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Maharashtra 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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