Khimsar Dunes
A pocket of dunes between Jodhpur and Bikaner, quieter than Sam and reached across a dry riverbed.
- Where
- Khimsar, Rajasthan, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 26.9700, 73.4500
Get the Khimsar Dunes stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Khimsar Dunes. 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 Khimsar Dunes
Nagaur 38 km
A twelfth-century fort in the middle of the Thar, restored room by room, and a cattle fair every February that fills the sand for miles.
Osian Temples 60 km
Eighth century Hindu and Jain temples on the edge of the Thar, the oldest surviving group in Rajasthan.
Mandore Gardens 80 km
Rathore cenotaphs built like temples.
Jaswant Thada 85 km
A marble cenotaph raised in 1899 for Jaswant Singh II, and the cremation ground of the Marwar family ever since.
Bishnoi Villages 85 km
The people who died for trees three hundred years ago.
Toorji ka Jhalra 86 km
A 1740 stepwell buried under rubbish for decades, dug out in 2016 and now the middle of the old city.
Mehrangarh Fort 86 km
A fort standing on a cliff a hundred and twenty metres above the blue city, never taken, its gates still marked by cannonballs.
Umaid Bhawan Palace 86 km
Built through a famine to give thousands of people paid work, and finished in 1943 with no mortar between its stones.
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Questions
Where is Khimsar Dunes?
Khimsar Dunes is in Khimsar, Rajasthan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Nagaur (38 km), Osian Temples (60 km), Mandore Gardens (80 km).
How do I get the Khimsar Dunes stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Khimsar Dunes 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 Khimsar Dunes 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.
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