Vellore Fort
A moat with crocodiles, and the first sepoy mutiny.
- Where
- Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 12.9205, 79.1282
Get the Vellore Fort stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Vellore Fort. 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 Vellore Fort
Jalakandeswarar Temple 0.0 km
A Vijayanagara temple inside Vellore fort, used as a garrison store for a century and reconsecrated in 1981.
Sripuram Golden Temple 6.8 km
Fifteen hundred kilograms of gold foil, laid by hand.
Amirthi Zoological Park 22 km
A small zoo in the Vellore hills, open since 1967, with a waterfall inside it.
Kanipakam Vinayaka Temple 41 km
A Ganesha that emerged from a well and is said to be still growing.
Vainu Bappu Observatory 51 km
An observatory in the Javadi hills at Kavalur, where India does a good deal of its own looking at the sky.
Subramaniya Swamy Temple, Tiruttani 59 km
The fifth abode of Murugan, on a hill of three hundred and sixty five steps.
Kailasanathar Temple 61 km
The oldest temple in Kanchipuram, Pallava sandstone from around 700, weathered soft.
Ekambareswarar Temple 63 km
One of the five element shrines, this one for earth, with a mango tree said to be old beyond counting.
More national monuments in Tamil Nadu
Questions
Where is Vellore Fort?
Vellore Fort is in Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Jalakandeswarar Temple (0.0 km), Sripuram Golden Temple (6.8 km), Amirthi Zoological Park (22 km).
How do I get the Vellore Fort stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Vellore Fort 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 Vellore Fort 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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