Bithoor
Valmiki's ashram, and Nana Sahib's ghat.
- Where
- Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 26.6067, 80.2711
Get the Bithoor stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Bithoor. 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 Uttar Pradesh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Bithoor
Kanpur Zoological Park 12 km
Allen Forest, a hundred and ten hectares and the largest piece of green Kanpur has.
Massacre Ghat 20 km
Satti Chaura ghat on the Ganga at Kanpur, which took its English name from what happened here in 1857.
Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary 38 km
A shallow lake on the Kanpur-Lucknow road where the Siberian birds stop.
Chota Imambara 70 km
Built in 1838 as a mausoleum, hung with Belgian chandeliers, and lit for Muharram as it always was.
Bara Imambara 70 km
A hall built in a famine year to give work to the starving, with a roof that stands on no beams and a labyrinth above it.
Rumi Darwaza 70 km
A sixty foot gateway of the Awadh court, built when the nawabs could no longer afford stone and worked in brick and plaster instead.
Sikandar Bagh 71 km
A garden and villa where the 1857 siege ended in a massacre, now a botanical institute.
The Residency 71 km
Left in ruins on purpose, shot through with cannon fire from the 1857 siege, as a memorial to both sides.
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Questions
Where is Bithoor?
Bithoor is in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Kanpur Zoological Park (12 km), Massacre Ghat (20 km), Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary (38 km).
How do I get the Bithoor stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Bithoor and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Uttar Pradesh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Bithoor before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Uttar Pradesh 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.