Coringa Mangroves
The second largest mangrove stretch in India.
- Where
- Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 16.9437, 82.2351
Get the Coringa Mangroves stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Coringa Mangroves. 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 Coringa Mangroves
Hope Island 13 km
A small tadpole shaped island in the Bay of Bengal off Kakinada.
Kumararama 14 km
One of the five Pancharama Kshetras, at Samalkot, with a two storey sanctum.
Puruhutika Devi Temple 18 km
Counted among the eighteen great Shakti Peethas, where the goddess is said to have fallen at Pithapuram. Her shrine stands in the grounds of the Kukkuteswara temple, beside its large tank, and draws pilgrims through the Navaratri festival.
Lakshmi Ganapati Temple, Bikkavolu 19 km
A temple at Bikkavolu in the Godavari delta to a large monolithic Ganesha, said to be growing. The village also keeps a group of Eastern Chalukya temples more than a thousand years old.
Sripada Srivallabha Mahasamsthanam 20 km
The birthplace of Sripada Srivallabha, revered as the first incarnation of Dattatreya in this age. His padukas are worshipped in the temple, and Pithapuram is counted among the holiest places of the Datta tradition.
Yanam Riverfront 24 km
A French enclave on the Godavari delta until 1954, four hundred kilometres from the rest of Puducherry.
Draksharama 25 km
One of the five Pancharama shrines.
Papikondalu 49 km
The Godavari gorge, reachable only by boat.
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Questions
Where is Coringa Mangroves?
Coringa Mangroves is in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Hope Island (13 km), Kumararama (14 km), Puruhutika Devi Temple (18 km).
How do I get the Coringa Mangroves stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Coringa Mangroves 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 Coringa Mangroves 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.
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