Places to visit in Punjab
34 places to visit in Punjab, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Golden Temple, Moorish Mosque, Sirhind Aam Khas Bagh and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Punjab volume.
1 Wonders of the world · 2 State heritage sites · 12 Famous places to visit · 19 Hidden gems
Wonders of the world in Punjab (1)
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Golden Temple
Harmandir Sahib, plated in gold and open on all four sides: to every direction and everyone.
State heritage sites in Punjab (2)
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Moorish Mosque
A copy of the Grand Mosque of Marrakesh, in Punjab.
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Sirhind Aam Khas Bagh
A Mughal serai on the grand trunk road.
Famous places to visit in Punjab (12)
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Anandpur Sahib
Where the Khalsa was founded in 1699, and one of the five seats of temporal authority in Sikhism.
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Attari Wagah Border
The only road crossing between India and Pakistan, where both sides lower their flags each evening in a drill of theatrical precision.
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Bhakra Dam
Nehru's temple of modern India.
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Damdama Sahib
Where the Guru Granth Sahib was finalised.
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Durgiana Temple
Built like Harmandir Sahib, for Durga.
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Fatehgarh Sahib
Where the younger Sahibzade were bricked in.
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Harike Wetland
Where the Beas meets the Sutlej, a Ramsar site holding the Indus dolphin, rediscovered here in 2007.
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Hussainiwala
Where Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were cremated.
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Jallianwala Bagh
The walled garden where troops fired on an unarmed crowd in 1919. The bullet marks were left in the brickwork on purpose.
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Qila Mubarak
Brick raised on a mound occupied since the third century, and the fort where Razia Sultana was imprisoned.
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Ranjit Sagar Dam
The Thein dam on the Ravi, standing on the line between Punjab and Jammu.
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Tarn Taran Sahib
The largest sarovar of any gurudwara.
Hidden gems in Punjab (19)
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Chappar Chiri
Banda Singh Bahadur's victory, and a very tall memorial.
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Chhatbir Zoo
Punjab's big zoo on the Chandigarh to Patiala road, laid out in the 1970s.
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Fateh Burj
A tower at Chappar Chiri, taller than the Qutb, for Banda Singh Bahadur's victory of 1710.
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Gobindgarh Fort
Ranjit Singh's fort, opened to the public in 2017.
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Goindwal Sahib
The eighty four steps, and a stanza at each.
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Gurudwara Ber Sahib
Where Guru Nanak is said to have spent fourteen years, beside a jujube tree he is said to have planted.
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Jagatjit Palace
Built in 1908 on the model of Versailles by a maharaja who admired France more than was strictly useful.
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Keshgarh Qila
One of the five takhts of Sikhism, standing at Anandpur Sahib.
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Partition Museum
The first museum anywhere about 1947.
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Qila Mubarak Patiala
A mud fort of 1763 grown into a palace complex, holding one of the largest collections of medals in Asia.
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Ram Bagh
Ranjit Singh's summer palace and garden.
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Ram Tirath
A tank near Amritsar said to be Valmiki's ashram, where Sita's sons were born.
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Ropar Wetland
A reservoir on the Sutlej, Ramsar listed, with smooth-coated otters in it.
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Sanghol
A Kushan period stupa and one hundred and seventeen carved railing pillars, found buried in a field in 1985.
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Science City
The dome, and a state that decided to build one.
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Shri Devi Talab Mandir
A temple round a tank at Jalandhar, with a shakti peetha and a model of Amarnath.
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Sultanpur Lodhi
Where Guru Nanak spent fourteen years.
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Summer Palace of Ranjit Singh
A Mughal garden the Maharaja took over at Amritsar, now a museum of his reign.
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Virasat e Khalsa
A museum of Sikh history in sandstone and steel, opened in 2011 and among the most visited in the subcontinent.
Collecting in Punjab
What are the best places to visit in Punjab?
LOQAH lists 34 places in Punjab. The best known include Golden Temple, Moorish Mosque, Sirhind Aam Khas Bagh, Anandpur Sahib and Attari Wagah Border. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Punjab?
34, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Punjab?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Punjab before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Punjab and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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