Abu Road Tehsil, Sirohi district, Rajasthan, India
Country
India
State
Rajasthan
District
Sirohi district
Parent range
Arbuda Mountains, Aravalli Range
Guru Shikhar, a peak in the Arbuda Mountains of Sirohi district in Rajasthan, is the highest point of the Aravalli Range, Rajasthan, and Western India. It rises to an elevation of 1,722 metres (5,650 ft).[2] It is 75 km from Sirohi city, the district headquarter and 15 km from Mount Abu and a road from there leads almost to the top of the mountain.[3] It is named Guru-Shikhar or 'the peak of the guru' after Dattatreya, an incarnation of Vishnu, and of a cave at the summit contains a temple dedicated to him, plus one dedicated his mother, Anasuya, wife of sage Atri nearby.[4]
Adjacent to the temple is the Mt Abu Observatory operated by the Physical Research Laboratory. This observatory hosts a 1.2m infrared telescope and also several Astronomy experiments.[5]
^ abc"Guru Sikhar, India". Peak Bagger. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
^Kohli, M.S. (2004), Mountains of India: Tourism, Adventure, Pilgrimage, Indus Publishing, p. 29, ISBN 978-81-7387-135-1
^Singh, Sarina (2009), India 13, Lonely Planet, p. 230, ISBN 978-1-74179-151-8
^"Guru Shikhar — Highest Point of Aravali in Rajasthan". Mount Abu Official website. Archived from the original on 30 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
^Astronomy & Astrophysics Division (A&A) Archived 1 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
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