Vetal Hill
The highest ground inside Pune, with the temple of Vetala at the top of it.
- Where
- Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 18.5253, 73.8153
Get the Vetal Hill stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Vetal Hill. 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 Vetal Hill
Chaturshringi Temple 2.0 km
A temple on a hillside in Pune, a hundred steps up, with a fair in Navratri.
Pataleshwar Cave Temple 3.6 km
An eighth century Rashtrakuta temple cut from one basalt outcrop, in the middle of a modern street.
Shaniwar Wada 4.3 km
The Peshwa seat, burnt in 1828 so only its walls and gates remain, the largest gate spiked against war elephants.
Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati 4.4 km
Founded by a sweetmaker who lost his son to plague in 1893, and the centre of Pune's Ganesh festival ever since.
Parvati Hill 4.5 km
A Peshwa temple complex above Pune, a hundred and three steps, and where the Peshwa watched Kirkee lost.
St Patrick's Cathedral, Pune 8.9 km
A cathedral of 1850 in the cantonment, and the seat of the diocese.
Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park 9.4 km
Katraj zoo at Pune, a hundred and thirty acres holding an animal orphanage and a snake park.
Shinde Chhatri 9.4 km
Mahadji Scindia's memorial at Wanowrie, Anglo-Rajasthani, with the cremation platform inside.
More offbeat places in Maharashtra
Questions
Where is Vetal Hill?
Vetal Hill is in Pune, Maharashtra. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Chaturshringi Temple (2.0 km), Pataleshwar Cave Temple (3.6 km), Shaniwar Wada (4.3 km).
How do I get the Vetal Hill stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Vetal Hill 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 Vetal Hill 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.
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.