Jatayu Earth Centre
The world's largest bird sculpture, on a rock.
- Where
- Kollam, Keralam, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 8.8871, 76.5907
Get the Jatayu Earth Centre stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Jatayu Earth Centre. 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 Keralam volume with your photos and a note.
Near Jatayu Earth Centre
Kollam Beach 1.3 km
A long beach with a lighthouse and a pier, at the mouth of the Ashtamudi.
St Thomas Fort, Tangasseri 2.5 km
A Portuguese fort of 1518 taken by the Dutch, now a ruin by the Kollam lighthouse.
Ashtamudi Lake 8.3 km
Eight arms of backwater, and the gateway to them.
Puttingal Temple 12 km
A Bhadrakali temple at Paravur, and where the firework disaster of 2016 happened.
Munroe Island 13 km
Eight small islets where the Kallada river meets Ashtamudi lake, reached by road, rail or boat.
Kappil Beach 15 km
A quiet beach north of Varkala where the Edava-Nadayara backwater meets the Arabian Sea, with only a strip of sand between lake and sea. Coconut palms on one side, surf on the other, and the Kappil bridge across the estuary.
Sasthamcotta Lake 16 km
The largest freshwater lake in Kerala, and where Kollam gets its water.
Varkala Cliff 21 km
Red laterite cliffs standing directly over the Arabian Sea, with mineral springs coming out of the rock face.
More famous places to visit in Keralam
Questions
Where is Jatayu Earth Centre?
Jatayu Earth Centre is in Kollam, Keralam. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Kollam Beach (1.3 km), St Thomas Fort, Tangasseri (2.5 km), Ashtamudi Lake (8.3 km).
How do I get the Jatayu Earth Centre stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Jatayu Earth Centre and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Keralam volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Jatayu Earth Centre before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Keralam volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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