Agaya Gangai
A hundred metre fall on the Kollimalai, reached down a flight of a thousand steps.
- Where
- Salem, Tamil Nadu, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 11.2669, 78.3939
Get the Agaya Gangai stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Agaya Gangai. 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 Tamil Nadu volume with your photos and a note.
Near Agaya Gangai
Kolli Hills 6.1 km
Seventy hairpins, and the Agaya Gangai falls.
Namakkal Fort 25 km
A fort on the rock at Namakkal, built for the Madurai Nayaks and later held by Tipu.
Pachaimalai Hills 27 km
Low green hills in Tiruchirappalli, with the Koraiyar falls and a Malayali tribal population.
Thiruvellarai Pundarikakshan Perumal Temple 46 km
A Divya Desam temple to Vishnu on a rise of white rock north of Srirangam, said to be older than Srirangam itself; its sanctum has two doorways that each open for half the year, and outside lies a four-armed stepped tank built around 800 CE.
Ardhanareeswarar Temple 50 km
At Tiruchengode Shiva and Parvati are one figure, half of each, in a single stone.
Samayapuram Mariamman Temple 54 km
A temple near Trichy second only to Palani in what it collects, and the goddess is made of sand and jaggery.
Srirangam 54 km
An island between the Kaveri and the Kollidam, holding the largest working temple complex in India.
Ranganathaswamy Temple 55 km
The largest working temple complex in the world, twenty one gopurams inside seven concentric walls.
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Questions
Where is Agaya Gangai?
Agaya Gangai is in Salem, Tamil Nadu. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Kolli Hills (6.1 km), Namakkal Fort (25 km), Pachaimalai Hills (27 km).
How do I get the Agaya Gangai stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Agaya Gangai and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Tamil Nadu volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Agaya Gangai before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Tamil Nadu volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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