Thar Desert
The great desert of the northwest, shared with Pakistan, where the dunes shift and the villages do not.
- Where
- Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 26.9844, 71.0017
Get the Thar Desert stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Thar Desert. 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 Thar Desert
Patwon ki Haveli 11 km
Five houses built by one trading family, their yellow sandstone facades cut so fine the screens look like cloth.
Gadisar Lake 12 km
The city's water supply, and its ghats.
Bada Bagh 12 km
Royal cenotaphs on a ridge, with windmills behind.
Jaisalmer Fort 12 km
A living fort of golden sandstone: a quarter of the town's people still live inside its walls.
Kuldhara 25 km
Abandoned in one night, and never resettled.
Desert National Park 36 km
Three thousand square kilometres of sand and scrub holding the last few hundred great Indian bustards on earth.
Khuri Sand Dunes 43 km
Quieter dunes forty kilometres from Jaisalmer, where the villages still build in mud and cow dung against the heat.
Sam Sand Dunes 52 km
Forty kilometres from Jaisalmer, where the Thar stops being scrub and becomes the dunes people picture.
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Questions
Where is Thar Desert?
Thar Desert is in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Patwon ki Haveli (11 km), Gadisar Lake (12 km), Bada Bagh (12 km).
How do I get the Thar Desert stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Thar Desert 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 Thar Desert 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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