Osian Temples
Eighth century Hindu and Jain temples on the edge of the Thar, the oldest surviving group in Rajasthan.
- Where
- Osian, Rajasthan, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 26.7200, 72.9100
Get the Osian Temples stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Osian Temples. 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 Osian Temples
Mandore Gardens 43 km
Rathore cenotaphs built like temples.
Jaswant Thada 48 km
A marble cenotaph raised in 1899 for Jaswant Singh II, and the cremation ground of the Marwar family ever since.
Mehrangarh Fort 48 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 48 km
A 1740 stepwell buried under rubbish for decades, dug out in 2016 and now the middle of the old city.
Kaylana Lake 49 km
An artificial lake west of Jodhpur made in 1872, with rock and desert round it.
Bishnoi Villages 49 km
The people who died for trees three hundred years ago.
Umaid Bhawan Palace 51 km
Built through a famine to give thousands of people paid work, and finished in 1943 with no mortar between its stones.
Khimsar Dunes 60 km
A pocket of dunes between Jodhpur and Bikaner, quieter than Sam and reached across a dry riverbed.
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Questions
Where is Osian Temples?
Osian Temples is in Osian, Rajasthan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Mandore Gardens (43 km), Jaswant Thada (48 km), Mehrangarh Fort (48 km).
How do I get the Osian Temples stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Osian Temples 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 Osian Temples 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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