DakshinaChitra
Eighteen heritage houses from four southern states, taken down where they stood and rebuilt here.
- Where
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 12.8000, 80.2400
Get the DakshinaChitra stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at DakshinaChitra. 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 DakshinaChitra
Nithyakalyana Perumal temple 4.1 km
A temple to Vishnu as the boar at Thiruvidandai, sung by the Alvars more than a thousand years ago.
Tiger Cave, Mahabalipuram 16 km
A rock-cut shrine with eleven tiger heads round the opening, in a grove by the sea.
Arignar Anna Zoological Park 18 km
Vandalur, six hundred hectares on the edge of Chennai, and among the largest zoos in South Asia.
Marundeeswarar Temple 21 km
A temple at Thiruvanmiyur where Shiva is said to have taught the use of herbs.
Varaha Cave Temple 21 km
A seventh century Pallava cave whose panel of Vishnu lifting the earth is among the best rock cut relief in India.
Arjuna's Penance 21 km
A rock relief thirty metres long with over a hundred figures, one of the largest open air carvings anywhere.
Shore Temple 21 km
Standing against the Bay of Bengal for thirteen centuries, the last of the legendary seven pagodas.
Pancha Rathas 22 km
Five temples each cut from a single granite outcrop in the seventh century, and none of them ever finished.
More hidden gems in Tamil Nadu
Questions
Where is DakshinaChitra?
DakshinaChitra is in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Nithyakalyana Perumal temple (4.1 km), Tiger Cave, Mahabalipuram (16 km), Arignar Anna Zoological Park (18 km).
How do I get the DakshinaChitra stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at DakshinaChitra 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 DakshinaChitra 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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