Chandraketugarh
A mound north of Kolkata with two thousand years in it, and terracotta nobody has fully published.
- Where
- North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 22.6811, 88.6899
Get the Chandraketugarh stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Chandraketugarh. 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 West Bengal volume with your photos and a note.
Near Chandraketugarh
Dakshineswar Kali Temple 34 km
Built in 1855 by a woman the priesthood tried to refuse, and where Ramakrishna spent thirty years.
Belur Math 35 km
One building holding a temple, a mosque and a church.
Vivekananda Setu 35 km
A truss bridge over the Hooghly finished in 1931, running from Bally across to Dakshineswar.
Kumartuli 35 km
The potters' quarter where the Durga idols are built on straw and clay from the river, then given away to the water.
College Street 36 km
A kilometre and a half of secondhand booksellers, said to be the largest such market in the world.
Marble Palace 36 km
A private nineteenth century mansion of a hundred and twenty six kinds of marble, still lived in by the family.
Jorasanko Thakur Bari 36 km
Where Tagore was born and died.
Boro Maa Kali Temple, Naihati 36 km
Naihati's Boro Maa, begun in 1923 after a young man came back from Nabadwip and dreamed of her.
More national monuments in West Bengal
Questions
Where is Chandraketugarh?
Chandraketugarh is in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Dakshineswar Kali Temple (34 km), Belur Math (35 km), Vivekananda Setu (35 km).
How do I get the Chandraketugarh stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Chandraketugarh and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your West Bengal volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Chandraketugarh before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your West Bengal volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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