Hajo
Hindu, Buddhist and Muslim pilgrimage on the same hill.
- Where
- Assam, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 26.2453, 91.5253
Get the Hajo stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Hajo. 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 Hajo
Hayagriva Madhava Temple 0.3 km
A temple on Manikut hill at Hajo, holy to Hindus and to Buddhists who say the Buddha died there.
Sualkuchi 9.5 km
Every second house weaves muga silk.
Saraighat Bridge 17 km
The first bridge ever built across the Brahmaputra in Assam, carrying road and rail both.
Deepor Beel 18 km
A permanent freshwater lake southwest of Guwahati, a Ramsar site with a railway along one edge.
Dipor Bil 19 km
A freshwater lake southwest of Guwahati, left behind in an old channel of the Brahmaputra.
Kamakhya Temple 20 km
On Nilachal hill above the Brahmaputra, one of the oldest shakti peethas, holding no image at all but a spring in the rock.
Doul Govinda Temple 22 km
A Krishna temple on Chandrabharati hill in North Guwahati, reached across the river.
Sukreswar Temple 22 km
A temple on a hillock above the Brahmaputra at Guwahati, with a long flight down to the water.
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Questions
Where is Hajo?
Hajo is in Assam. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Hayagriva Madhava Temple (0.3 km), Sualkuchi (9.5 km), Saraighat Bridge (17 km).
How do I get the Hajo stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Hajo 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 Hajo 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.
Collect your first stamp.
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