Jama Masjid
Two hundred and sixty pillars holding fifteen domes, built in 1424 with stone taken from demolished temples.
- Where
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 23.0250, 72.5870
Get the Jama Masjid stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Jama Masjid. 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 Gujarat volume with your photos and a note.
Near Jama Masjid
The Pols of Ahmedabad 0.3 km
Dense residential lanes with shared courtyards and bird feeders, the reason Ahmedabad became India's first World Heritage City.
Bhadra Fort 0.6 km
The citadel Ahmed Shah built in 1411 when he founded Ahmedabad, with the Bhadrakali temple in it.
Kalupur Swaminarayan Mandir 0.7 km
The first temple the Swaminarayan sampraday built, 1822, in Burmese teak and paint.
Sidi Saiyyed Mosque 0.8 km
Ten stone screens, one of them a tree of intertwined branches that became the emblem of the city.
Jhulta Minara 0.8 km
Shake one minaret and the other answers.
Sidi Bashir Mosque 1.5 km
What is left of a mosque is two minarets that shake: push one and the other answers.
Atal Pedestrian Bridge 1.5 km
A walking bridge over the Sabarmati, three hundred metres long and shaped after a kite.
Sanskar Kendra 2.2 km
A city museum Le Corbusier built in Ahmedabad, raised on pillars with a ramp through it.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Gujarat
Questions
Where is Jama Masjid?
Jama Masjid is in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are The Pols of Ahmedabad (0.3 km), Bhadra Fort (0.6 km), Kalupur Swaminarayan Mandir (0.7 km).
How do I get the Jama Masjid stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Jama Masjid and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Gujarat volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Jama Masjid before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Gujarat volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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