Chaitya Bhoomi
Where Ambedkar was cremated in 1956, and where lakhs come on the sixth of December.
- Where
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 19.0250, 72.8339
Get the Chaitya Bhoomi stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Chaitya Bhoomi. 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 Maharashtra volume with your photos and a note.
Near Chaitya Bhoomi
Siddhivinayak Temple 1.0 km
Built in 1801 by a woman who had no children of her own, so that others might, and now queued round the block.
Rajgruha 1.5 km
Ambedkar's house at Dadar, built for his library of fifty thousand books.
Mahim Fort 1.7 km
A Portuguese fort at the mouth of Mahim creek, ruined and built into.
Worli Fort 1.8 km
A small British fort of 1675 on a rock above a fishing village, now surrounded by the city it was built to watch.
Bandra Worli Sea Link 2.0 km
Cable stayed across Mahim Bay, its steel wire long enough to circle the earth, opened in 2009.
Castella de Aguada 2.5 km
The Portuguese watchtower at Bandra, 1640, and the reason the suburb has a fort road.
Mount Mary Church 2.7 km
The basilica above Bandra, with a fair in September and a statue found in the sea.
Bandra Bandstand 2.7 km
The fort, the sea wall and the queue outside Mannat.
More famous places to visit in Maharashtra
Questions
Where is Chaitya Bhoomi?
Chaitya Bhoomi is in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Siddhivinayak Temple (1.0 km), Rajgruha (1.5 km), Mahim Fort (1.7 km).
How do I get the Chaitya Bhoomi stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Chaitya Bhoomi and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Maharashtra volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Chaitya Bhoomi before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Maharashtra 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.