Golghar
A beehive granary built in 1786 against famine, never filled, with a hundred and forty five steps spiralling up the outside.
- Where
- Patna, Bihar, India
- Grade
- State heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 3 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 25.6200, 85.1400
Get the Golghar stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Golghar. 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 Bihar volume with your photos and a note.
Near Golghar
Patna Museum 1.1 km
The old Jadughar of 1917, holding the Didarganj Yakshi and a casket said to carry the Buddha's ashes.
Sher Shah Suri Masjid 1.1 km
Sher Shah's mosque at Patna, Afghan in its arches, built while he held Delhi.
Bihar Museum 2.4 km
The Didarganj Yakshi, and how the state tells its own story.
Kumhrar 5.1 km
What is left of Pataliputra: an eighty pillared hall from the Mauryan palace, in a park.
Digha-Sonpur Bridge 6.2 km
J. P. Setu, carrying road and rail across the Ganga between Patna and Sonpur.
Mahatma Gandhi Setu 6.7 km
Nearly six kilometres of bridge over the Ganga between Patna and Hajipur, opened in 1982.
Takht Sri Patna Sahib 9.4 km
The birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh, and one of the five seats of temporal authority in Sikhism.
Sonepur Cattle Fair Ground 9.8 km
The ground of the largest cattle fair in Asia, empty for most of the year and enormous for a fortnight.
More state heritage sites in Bihar
Questions
Where is Golghar?
Golghar is in Patna, Bihar. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Patna Museum (1.1 km), Sher Shah Suri Masjid (1.1 km), Bihar Museum (2.4 km).
How do I get the Golghar stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Golghar and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Bihar volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Golghar before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Bihar volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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