Guru Shikhar

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]

Guru Shikhar
Aravalli Range as seen from Guru Shikhar
Highest point
Elevation	1,722 m (5,650 ft)[1]
Prominence	1,372 m (4,501 ft)[1]
Isolation	615 km (382 mi)[1]
Listing	List of Indian states and territories by highest point, Ribu
Coordinates	24°38′59.5″N 72°46′34.5″E
Geography
Guru Shikhar Abu Road Tehsil, Sirohi district, Rajasthan, India
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Sirohi district
Parent range	Arbuda Mountains, Aravalli Range

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]

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  Entrance to the small cave temple atop Guru Shikar.
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  View from the highest point in Mount Abu.