Puri Beach
Sand art, and the sea before the temple.
- Where
- Puri, Odisha, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 19.8076, 85.8253
Get the Puri Beach stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Puri Beach. 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 Odisha volume with your photos and a note.
Near Puri Beach
Jagannath Temple 0.8 km
Where the deities are rebuilt from neem wood every twelve to nineteen years, and the old ones buried in the temple grounds.
Gundicha Temple 1.9 km
The garden house Jagannath is taken to for nine days in Ashadha, empty the rest of the year.
Raghurajpur 8.7 km
Every house paints pattachitra.
Sun Temple 30 km
A chariot of stone for the sun god, its twelve carved wheels accurate enough to tell the time.
Chandrabhaga Beach 31 km
Three kilometres from the sun temple, where the sun is worshipped at dawn on Magha Saptami.
Pipili 34 km
Applique, in colours you can see from the road.
Dhauli 42 km
Where Ashoka's edicts are cut into rock above the Daya river, on the battlefield that turned him from war.
Chausath Yogini Temple, Hirapur 46 km
A roofless circle of sixty four yoginis, ninth century, and only twenty five metres across.
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Questions
Where is Puri Beach?
Puri Beach is in Puri, Odisha. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Jagannath Temple (0.8 km), Gundicha Temple (1.9 km), Raghurajpur (8.7 km).
How do I get the Puri Beach stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Puri Beach and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Odisha volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Puri Beach before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Odisha 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.