Mandawa
Painted havelis on every street in the Shekhawati.
- Where
- Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 28.0550, 75.1469
Get the Mandawa stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Mandawa. 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 Mandawa
Fatehpur Shekhawati 18 km
Frescoes a French artist spent her life restoring.
Nawalgarh Painted Havelis 26 km
Merchant houses frescoed inside and out in the nineteenth century, a whole town of them slowly fading.
Harshnath Temple 62 km
A tenth century Shiva temple on a hill near Sikar, broken up by Aurangzeb's men and still worth the climb.
Tal Chhapar Sanctuary 76 km
A flat saline grassland where blackbuck run in hundreds and harriers roost through the winter.
Khatushyamji 80 km
A Shyam temple in Sikar that draws lakhs in Phalgun, the deity being Barbarika of the Mahabharata.
Dhosi Hill 87 km
An extinct volcano in the Aravallis where Chyavana is said to have made the first chyawanprash.
Tosham Hill 118 km
Rock inscriptions and a bathing tank on a lone hill.
Neemrana Fort 121 km
Built in 1464 on a hillside in twelve tiers, left to fall down, and restored room by room from the eighties.
More famous places to visit in Rajasthan
Questions
Where is Mandawa?
Mandawa is in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Fatehpur Shekhawati (18 km), Nawalgarh Painted Havelis (26 km), Harshnath Temple (62 km).
How do I get the Mandawa stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Mandawa 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 Mandawa 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.
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.