Gomateshwara
A seventeen metre Jain figure cut from one rock in 981, reached by six hundred steps up bare granite, barefoot.
- Where
- Shravanabelagola, Karnataka, India
- Grade
- Wonder of the world
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 12 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 12.8541, 76.4846
Get the Gomateshwara stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Gomateshwara. 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 Karnataka volume with your photos and a note.
Near Gomateshwara
Melukote 30 km
A hill town of Vaishnava scholarship since Ramanuja lived here in the twelfth century, with a temple on the rock above.
Hasanamba temple 45 km
Hassan takes its name from this goddess, Hasanamba, which means the smiling mother.
Venugopala Swamy Temple 46 km
A twelfth century Hoysala temple at Hosa Kannambadi, beside the Krishna Raja Sagara water.
Brindavan Gardens 49 km
Terraces and a musical fountain below the KRS dam.
Krishna Raja Sagara 50 km
The dam the Wadiyars raised below the meeting of the Kaveri and the Hemavati, known to everyone as KRS.
Shettihalli Rosary Church 51 km
A Gothic church of the 1860s that the Hemavathi reservoir floods every monsoon and gives back every summer.
Srirangapatna Fort 52 km
Tipu Sultan's island capital, breached in 1799, with the spot where he fell still marked inside the walls.
Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary 54 km
Six islets in the Kaveri that Salim Ali persuaded the Mysore government to protect in 1940.
Questions
Where is Gomateshwara?
Gomateshwara is in Shravanabelagola, Karnataka. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Melukote (30 km), Hasanamba temple (45 km), Venugopala Swamy Temple (46 km).
How do I get the Gomateshwara stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Gomateshwara and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Karnataka volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Gomateshwara before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Karnataka volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.