Pathiramanal
A small island in Vembanad whose name means midnight sand, and where the migrating birds come.
- Where
- Alappuzha, Keralam, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 9.6187, 76.3852
Get the Pathiramanal stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Pathiramanal. 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 Pathiramanal
Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary 4.9 km
Fourteen acres on Vembanad lake where Siberian storks and darters come between November and February.
Marari Beach 9.7 km
A fishing village that became a quiet resort coast.
St Andrew's Basilica, Arthunkal 10 km
A Portuguese foundation of 1581 on the Alappuzha coast, with a January feast walked to from far off.
Thazhathangady Juma Masjid 13 km
One of the oldest mosques in India, on the Meenachil, with carved wood and no minaret.
Alappuzha Backwaters 14 km
Nine hundred kilometres of linked lagoon and canal behind the coast, worked by rice barges converted to houseboats.
Alappuzha Beach 16 km
A pier from 1862 running out into the sea, half fallen, and the town's evenings.
Vaikom Mahadeva Temple 17 km
The temple whose road was the Vaikom Satyagraha, where Gandhi came in 1925.
Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple 20 km
One of the great Shiva temples of Kerala, at Ettumanoor in Kottayam.
More offbeat places in Keralam
Questions
Where is Pathiramanal?
Pathiramanal is in Alappuzha, Keralam. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary (4.9 km), Marari Beach (9.7 km), St Andrew's Basilica, Arthunkal (10 km).
How do I get the Pathiramanal stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Pathiramanal 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 Pathiramanal 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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