Sisupalgarh
A fortified city older than Bhubaneswar, laid out on a grid, with eight gates still traceable.
- Where
- Khordha, Odisha, India
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 20.2266, 85.8531
Get the Sisupalgarh stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Sisupalgarh. 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 Sisupalgarh
Parsurameswara Temple 0.8 km
The best preserved of the early Bhubaneswar temples, seventh century, and small.
Mukteshvara Temple 1.7 km
A small tenth century temple in Bhubaneswar with a carved stone gateway, called the gem of Odishan architecture.
Chausath Yogini Temple, Hirapur 2.2 km
A roofless circle of sixty four yoginis, ninth century, and only twenty five metres across.
Lingaraja Temple 2.4 km
Fifty five metres of sandstone from the eleventh century, the fullest expression of the Kalinga style.
Rajarani Temple 2.4 km
No deity inside, only the carving.
Bindusagar Lake 2.5 km
The tank beside the Lingaraja temple in old Bhubaneswar, kept by the temple itself.
Odisha State Museum 3.5 km
Eleven galleries in Bhubaneswar, and a palm leaf manuscript collection nobody else can match.
Dhauli 5.2 km
Where Ashoka's edicts are cut into rock above the Daya river, on the battlefield that turned him from war.
More national monuments in Odisha
Questions
Where is Sisupalgarh?
Sisupalgarh is in Khordha, Odisha. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Parsurameswara Temple (0.8 km), Mukteshvara Temple (1.7 km), Chausath Yogini Temple, Hirapur (2.2 km).
How do I get the Sisupalgarh stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Sisupalgarh 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 Sisupalgarh 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.
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