Jalalgarh Fort
A mud and brick fort losing to the forest.
- Where
- Purnia, Bihar, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 25.7759, 87.4088
Get the Jalalgarh Fort stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Jalalgarh Fort. 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 Jalalgarh Fort
Vikramaśīla University 52 km
The ruins of a Buddhist university founded by Dharmapala, ranked in its own day alongside Nalanda.
Vikramshila 52 km
A Pala university that rivalled Nalanda, destroyed around 1200, its central stupa now excavated and squared.
Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary 73 km
Kulik, near Raiganj, where a hundred and sixty four kinds of bird have been counted.
Adina Mosque 103 km
Once the largest mosque in the subcontinent, built for the Bengal Sultanate at Pandua, with its builder buried inside it.
Munger Fort 104 km
A fort on a rock above the south bank of the Ganga at Munger.
Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve 105 km
Reed beds and freshwater marshes on the floodplain of the Kosi River, spread over 176 square kilometres of the eastern Terai. Protected since 1976 and a Ramsar site since 1987, it shelters Nepal's last herd of wild water buffalo and great flocks of water birds.
Mandar Parvat 111 km
The hill the gods are said to have churned the ocean with, in Banka, with a rope mark round it.
Gour 115 km
A sultanate capital gone back to fields and brick.
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Questions
Where is Jalalgarh Fort?
Jalalgarh Fort is in Purnia, Bihar. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Vikramaśīla University (52 km), Vikramshila (52 km), Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary (73 km).
How do I get the Jalalgarh Fort stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Jalalgarh Fort 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 Jalalgarh Fort 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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