By road
~156-233 km from Udaipur, ~500 km from Jaipur
North India · Rajasthan
Mount Abu, Rajasthan
Rajasthan's only hill station · ~156-233 km from Udaipur, ~500 km from Jaipur
Getting there
By rail
Abu Road, ~25-29 km
By air
Maharana Pratap Airport, Udaipur, ~165-210 km
Best time to visit
September to March; summer works too — that's the point of it
Don't miss
Dilwara Jain Temples' marble carving
Nakki Lake
Guru Shikhar peak
Things to do
Boating on Nakki Lake
Aravalli treks
Wildlife sanctuary drives
Where to eat
Sources: wikimedia, Photo: Sanyam Bahga · CC BY-SA 3.0
What to pack
Light woollens, boating-friendly footwear
A quieter corner
Sunset from Bailey's Walk to Honeymoon Point, away from the crowd
Before you go
Rajasthan's only hill station is also a major Jain tirtha for the Dilwara group; photography is not permitted inside the temples.
About Mount Abu
- Hills
Where it is
Mount Abu is Rajasthan's only hill station, on a rocky plateau in the Aravalli range in Sirohi district, close to the Gujarat border; Guru Shikhar, the highest peak of the Aravallis, rises nearby.
History
Sacred to Hindus and Jains for well over a thousand years, Mount Abu is famed for the white-marble Dilwara temples, the oldest of which were built by Jain ministers of Gujarat's rulers in the 11th and 13th centuries. The hill later belonged to the Sirohi state, and under British rule it became a summer retreat and the headquarters of the Rajputana Agency.
People
Mount Abu's people speak Hindi and Rajasthani, and Gujarati is widely heard among its many visitors from the neighbouring state; the surrounding hills are home to Garasia and Bhil communities. The town is also the headquarters of the Brahma Kumaris spiritual movement.
Known for
- The marble Dilwara Jain temples
- Nakki Lake
- Guru Shikhar, the Aravallis' highest peak
- Sunset Point and Toad Rock
- Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary
Did you know?
Nakki Lake takes its name, by legend, from the nails (nakh) with which the gods are said to have dug it.
Shrines and sites
- Dilwara Jain Temples
- Achalgarh Fort and temple
- Guru Shikhar
- Nakki Lake
Traditions
- Jain
- Hindu
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