Ahobilam
Nine Narasimha shrines up a forested hill.
- Where
- Allagadda, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 15.1311, 78.6750
Get the Ahobilam stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Ahobilam. 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 Andhra Pradesh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Ahobilam
Mahanandi 38 km
Spring water so clear the coin at the bottom is legible.
Gandikota 55 km
A fort on a gorge where the Penna river has cut three hundred metres into quartzite, called the Grand Canyon of India.
Belum Caves 61 km
The longest cave system open to visitors in India at three and a half kilometres, cut by an underground river.
Yaganti Temple 62 km
The Nandi that is said to be growing.
Bugga Ramalingeswara Temple 75 km
A Vijayanagara temple at Tadipatri where the linga stands below the river's water table.
Chintala Venkataramana Temple 75 km
A Vijayanagara temple at Tadipatri with a stone chariot and carving that repays a whole morning.
Kodandarama Temple 92 km
One of the finest Vijayanagara temples in Rayalaseema, its gopuram rising over the village of Vontimitta. The poet Bammera Potana is said to have offered his Telugu Bhagavatam to Rama here.
Alampur Jogulamba Temple 101 km
Jogulamba's temple on the Tungabhadra at Alampur, one of the eighteen great Shakta pithas.
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Questions
Where is Ahobilam?
Ahobilam is in Allagadda, Andhra Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Mahanandi (38 km), Gandikota (55 km), Belum Caves (61 km).
How do I get the Ahobilam stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Ahobilam and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Andhra Pradesh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Ahobilam before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Andhra Pradesh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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