Keeladi
An excavation on the Vaigai that pushed urban Tamil settlement back to the sixth century BCE.
- Where
- Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 9.8631, 78.1821
Get the Keeladi stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Keeladi. 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 Keeladi
Sri Pandi Muneeswarar Temple (Pandi Kovil) 8.0 km
A Madurai temple where a Pandya king is worshipped as the guardian god Pandi Muneeswarar.
Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal 8.6 km
A seventeenth century audience hall with pillars twenty metres tall, a quarter of what was originally built.
Meenakshi Temple 9.3 km
A city within a city: fourteen gate towers crowded with painted gods above the streets of Madurai.
Alagar Koyil 10 km
Where Kallazhagar enters the Vaigai every Chithirai.
Subramaniya Swamy Temple, Thiruparankundram 12 km
The first abode of Murugan, cut into the rock of a hill outside Madurai.
Kallazhagar Temple 24 km
A Vishnu temple at Alagar Koyil, in the hills north of Madurai.
Pazhamudircholai Murugan Temple 26 km
The sixth abode of Murugan, in a grove on the Alagar hills.
Begumpur Mosque, Dindigul 60 km
A Nayak-period mosque below Dindigul rock, plain and old.
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Questions
Where is Keeladi?
Keeladi is in Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Sri Pandi Muneeswarar Temple (Pandi Kovil) (8.0 km), Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal (8.6 km), Meenakshi Temple (9.3 km).
How do I get the Keeladi stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Keeladi 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 Keeladi 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.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.