Lauria Nandangarh
An Ashokan pillar with a lion on top, and a burial mound beside it.
- Where
- West Champaran, Bihar, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 26.9985, 84.4085
Get the Lauria Nandangarh stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Lauria Nandangarh. 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 Lauria Nandangarh
Udaypur Wildlife Sanctuary 20 km
A sanctuary in West Champaran around a lake that is now on the Ramsar list.
Valmiki National Park 24 km
Bihar's only tiger reserve, against the Nepal border in the Gandak valley.
Parsa National Park 53 km
Sal forest and the low Sivalik Hills spread over 627 square kilometres of the central Terai, next to Chitwan. A wildlife reserve from 1984, it became a national park in 2017, and its forests let animals roam between the two parks.
Chitwan National Park 56 km
Nepal's first national park, founded in 1973 in the jungle and grassland of the inner Terai and a World Heritage Site since 1984. Its 952 square kilometres are home to one-horned rhinoceros and Bengal tigers, watched from jeeps, canoes and on foot.
Kushinagar 56 km
Where the Buddha died and was cremated, marked by a reclining figure six metres long carved from a single block.
Gadhimai Temple 63 km
The temple of Gadhimai Devi, a form of Kali, at Bariyarpur in Bara District in the central Terai. It is best known for the Gadhimai festival, which draws huge crowds of pilgrims from Nepal and India to the temple grounds once every five years.
Devghat 82 km
A holy town where the Kali Gandaki and the Trishuli meet to form the Narayani, one of the great religious centres of central Nepal. Temples and ashrams line the banks, and many devotees come to spend their last years here.
Kesaria Stupa 86 km
One of the tallest Buddhist stupas in the world, over a hundred feet, and only fully uncovered in 1998.
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Questions
Where is Lauria Nandangarh?
Lauria Nandangarh is in West Champaran, Bihar. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Udaypur Wildlife Sanctuary (20 km), Valmiki National Park (24 km), Parsa National Park (53 km).
How do I get the Lauria Nandangarh stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Lauria Nandangarh 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 Lauria Nandangarh 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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