Kaylana Lake
An artificial lake west of Jodhpur made in 1872, with rock and desert round it.
- Where
- Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 26.2855, 72.9662
Get the Kaylana Lake stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Kaylana Lake. 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 Rajasthan volume with your photos and a note.
Near Kaylana Lake
Mehrangarh Fort 5.4 km
A fort standing on a cliff a hundred and twenty metres above the blue city, never taken, its gates still marked by cannonballs.
Toorji ka Jhalra 5.8 km
A 1740 stepwell buried under rubbish for decades, dug out in 2016 and now the middle of the old city.
Jaswant Thada 6.2 km
A marble cenotaph raised in 1899 for Jaswant Singh II, and the cremation ground of the Marwar family ever since.
Bishnoi Villages 7.0 km
The people who died for trees three hundred years ago.
Umaid Bhawan Palace 8.1 km
Built through a famine to give thousands of people paid work, and finished in 1943 with no mortar between its stones.
Mandore Gardens 10 km
Rathore cenotaphs built like temples.
Osian Temples 49 km
Eighth century Hindu and Jain temples on the edge of the Thar, the oldest surviving group in Rajasthan.
Om Banna 50 km
A shrine on the Pali highway to a motorcycle, and to the man who died on it.
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Questions
Where is Kaylana Lake?
Kaylana Lake is in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Mehrangarh Fort (5.4 km), Toorji ka Jhalra (5.8 km), Jaswant Thada (6.2 km).
How do I get the Kaylana Lake stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Kaylana Lake and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Rajasthan volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Kaylana Lake before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Rajasthan 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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