Kumartuli
The potters' quarter where the Durga idols are built on straw and clay from the river, then given away to the water.
- Where
- Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 22.5990, 88.3620
Get the Kumartuli stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Kumartuli. 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 Kumartuli
Jorasanko Thakur Bari 1.6 km
Where Tagore was born and died.
Marble Palace 1.9 km
A private nineteenth century mansion of a hundred and twenty six kinds of marble, still lived in by the family.
Howrah Bridge 2.2 km
A cantilever bridge carrying a hundred thousand vehicles a day on no bolts, riveted throughout, opened in 1943.
Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary 2.5 km
The Portuguese church at Murgihata, Calcutta's oldest Catholic cathedral.
Nakhoda Masjid 2.6 km
Calcutta's principal mosque, of 1926, its gate modelled on Akbar's tomb.
College Street 2.6 km
A kilometre and a half of secondhand booksellers, said to be the largest such market in the world.
Writers' Building 3.1 km
Built in 1777 for the Company's junior clerks, the seat of Bengal's government for two centuries, and the scene of the 1930 raid.
St John's Church, Kolkata 3.6 km
The city's oldest church, 1787, with Job Charnock's mausoleum in the yard.
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Questions
Where is Kumartuli?
Kumartuli is in Kolkata, West Bengal. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Jorasanko Thakur Bari (1.6 km), Marble Palace (1.9 km), Howrah Bridge (2.2 km).
How do I get the Kumartuli stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Kumartuli 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 Kumartuli 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.
Collect your first stamp.
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