Karanji Lake
A lake in Mysuru with a walk through aviary beside it, among the largest in the country.
- Where
- Mysuru, Karnataka, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 12.3028, 76.6736
Get the Karanji Lake stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Karanji Lake. 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 Karanji Lake
Mysore Zoo 0.7 km
Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, a hundred and fifty seven acres a short walk from the palace.
Sand Sculpture Museum 1.3 km
India's first museum of sand sculpture, on the road up Chamundi Hill. Around 150 sculptures in sand by a single artist, M. N. Gowri, among them Dasara elephants, gods and scenes from Mysuru's past.
Mysore Palace 2.0 km
The seat of the Wadiyars, lit by a hundred thousand bulbs on Sunday nights.
Lalitha Mahal 2.2 km
A white palace built for the Viceroy's visit in 1921, now a hotel, above Mysore.
Jaganmohan Palace 2.6 km
The Wodeyars' other house in Mysuru, two hundred metres from the main palace and now an art gallery.
St Philomena's Church 2.6 km
Neo gothic twin spires, modelled on Cologne.
Chamundi Hill 3.4 km
A thousand and eight steps up to a temple above Mysore, with a monolithic Nandi carved on the way at step seven hundred.
Oriental Research Institute, Mysore 3.7 km
The building that holds the only known manuscript of Kautilya's Arthashastra.
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Questions
Where is Karanji Lake?
Karanji Lake is in Mysuru, Karnataka. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Mysore Zoo (0.7 km), Sand Sculpture Museum (1.3 km), Mysore Palace (2.0 km).
How do I get the Karanji Lake stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Karanji Lake 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 Karanji Lake 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.
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