Sankat Mochan
Tulsidas's own, and Tuesday's queue.
- Where
- Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 25.2824, 83.0012
Get the Sankat Mochan stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Sankat Mochan. 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 Sankat Mochan
Durga Mandir, Varanasi 0.7 km
An eighteenth century temple in red ochre beside a tank, with monkeys enough to earn its other name.
Assi Ghat 0.9 km
Where the students, the yoga and the morning are.
Ramnagar Fort 2.7 km
The Kashi Naresh's, and a museum of clocks and howdahs.
Dashashwamedh Ghat 2.9 km
The principal ghat of the oldest continuously inhabited city on earth, where the evening aarti has been performed for centuries.
Vishalakshi Temple 3.1 km
A Shakti Peetha by Mir Ghat, where the goddess is Vishalakshi, the wide eyed. It sits in the lanes a short walk from Kashi Vishwanath and Manikarnika, and is one of the oldest seats of the goddess in the city.
Kashi Vishwanath 3.3 km
The Jyotirlinga, and the corridor that changed the city.
Annapurna Devi Temple 3.3 km
The goddess who feeds Kashi, a few steps from Kashi Vishwanath in Vishwanath Gali. The present temple was raised by the Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao I in the eighteenth century, and at Annakut she is shown in gold.
Manikarnika Ghat 3.4 km
The fire that has not gone out.
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Questions
Where is Sankat Mochan?
Sankat Mochan is in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Durga Mandir, Varanasi (0.7 km), Assi Ghat (0.9 km), Ramnagar Fort (2.7 km).
How do I get the Sankat Mochan stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Sankat Mochan 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 Sankat Mochan 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.
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