Shaniwar Wada
The Peshwa seat, burnt in 1828 so only its walls and gates remain, the largest gate spiked against war elephants.
- Where
- Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 18.5195, 73.8553
Get the Shaniwar Wada stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Shaniwar Wada. 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 Shaniwar Wada
Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati 0.4 km
Founded by a sweetmaker who lost his son to plague in 1893, and the centre of Pune's Ganesh festival ever since.
Pataleshwar Cave Temple 1.0 km
An eighth century Rashtrakuta temple cut from one basalt outcrop, in the middle of a modern street.
Parvati Hill 2.6 km
A Peshwa temple complex above Pune, a hundred and three steps, and where the Peshwa watched Kirkee lost.
Chaturshringi Temple 3.6 km
A temple on a hillside in Pune, a hundred steps up, with a fair in Navratri.
Vetal Hill 4.3 km
The highest ground inside Pune, with the temple of Vetala at the top of it.
St Patrick's Cathedral, Pune 4.7 km
A cathedral of 1850 in the cantonment, and the seat of the diocese.
Shinde Chhatri 5.4 km
Mahadji Scindia's memorial at Wanowrie, Anglo-Rajasthani, with the cremation platform inside.
Aga Khan Palace 6.0 km
Where Gandhi, Kasturba and Mahadev Desai were held from 1942, and where two of the three died.
More national monuments in Maharashtra
Questions
Where is Shaniwar Wada?
Shaniwar Wada is in Pune, Maharashtra. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati (0.4 km), Pataleshwar Cave Temple (1.0 km), Parvati Hill (2.6 km).
How do I get the Shaniwar Wada stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Shaniwar Wada 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 Shaniwar Wada 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.
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