Dipor Bil
A freshwater lake southwest of Guwahati, left behind in an old channel of the Brahmaputra.
- Where
- Kamrup Metropolitan, Assam, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 26.1192, 91.6533
Get the Dipor Bil stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Dipor Bil. 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 Assam volume with your photos and a note.
Near Dipor Bil
Deepor Beel 0.7 km
A permanent freshwater lake southwest of Guwahati, a Ramsar site with a railway along one edge.
Saraighat Bridge 6.5 km
The first bridge ever built across the Brahmaputra in Assam, carrying road and rail both.
Kamakhya Temple 7.3 km
On Nilachal hill above the Brahmaputra, one of the oldest shakti peethas, holding no image at all but a spring in the rock.
Sualkuchi 10.0 km
Every second house weaves muga silk.
Sukreswar Temple 12 km
A temple on a hillock above the Brahmaputra at Guwahati, with a long flight down to the water.
Basistha Ashram 12 km
Three streams meeting under a sage's rock.
Dighalipukhuri 12 km
A tank dug for a wedding, a thousand years ago.
Umananda Island 13 km
The smallest inhabited river island in the world, in the middle of the Brahmaputra, reached only by ferry.
More offbeat places in Assam
Questions
Where is Dipor Bil?
Dipor Bil is in Kamrup Metropolitan, Assam. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Deepor Beel (0.7 km), Saraighat Bridge (6.5 km), Kamakhya Temple (7.3 km).
How do I get the Dipor Bil stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Dipor Bil and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Assam volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Dipor Bil before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Assam volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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