Jumma Masjid, Kilakarai
A mosque without domes or minarets, built by Tamil Muslim traders in the local temple idiom.
- Where
- Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 9.2314, 78.7844
Get the Jumma Masjid, Kilakarai stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Jumma Masjid, Kilakarai. 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 Jumma Masjid, Kilakarai
Uthirakosamangai 11 km
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Pamban Bridge 46 km
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New Pamban Bridge 46 km
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Pamban Island 57 km
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Ramanathaswamy Temple 59 km
The longest corridor of any shrine in India at over a thousand metres, on an island joined to the mainland by a rail bridge.
Dhanushkodi Beach 63 km
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Dhanushkodi 70 km
A town destroyed by a cyclone in 1964 and left as it fell, at the point where two seas meet and India stops.
Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park 76 km
Twenty one islands and the reefs between them, the first marine national park in India.
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Questions
Where is Jumma Masjid, Kilakarai?
Jumma Masjid, Kilakarai is in Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Uthirakosamangai (11 km), Pamban Bridge (46 km), New Pamban Bridge (46 km).
How do I get the Jumma Masjid, Kilakarai stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Jumma Masjid, Kilakarai 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 Jumma Masjid, Kilakarai 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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