Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary
Fourteen acres on Vembanad lake where Siberian storks and darters come between November and February.
- Where
- Kumarakom, Keralam, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 9.6274, 76.4286
Get the Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary. 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 Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary
Pathiramanal 4.9 km
A small island in Vembanad whose name means midnight sand, and where the migrating birds come.
Thazhathangady Juma Masjid 9.0 km
One of the oldest mosques in India, on the Meenachil, with carved wood and no minaret.
St Andrew's Basilica, Arthunkal 15 km
A Portuguese foundation of 1581 on the Alappuzha coast, with a January feast walked to from far off.
Marari Beach 15 km
A fishing village that became a quiet resort coast.
Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple 15 km
One of the great Shiva temples of Kerala, at Ettumanoor in Kottayam.
Vaikom Mahadeva Temple 16 km
The temple whose road was the Vaikom Satyagraha, where Gandhi came in 1925.
Panachikkadu Temple 17 km
The Dakshina Mookambika, a Saraswati temple in Kottayam where the idol stands in seeping water.
Alappuzha Backwaters 17 km
Nine hundred kilometres of linked lagoon and canal behind the coast, worked by rice barges converted to houseboats.
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Questions
Where is Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary?
Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary is in Kumarakom, Keralam. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Pathiramanal (4.9 km), Thazhathangady Juma Masjid (9.0 km), St Andrew's Basilica, Arthunkal (15 km).
How do I get the Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary 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 Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary 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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