Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary
Kulik, near Raiganj, where a hundred and sixty four kinds of bird have been counted.
- Where
- Raiganj, West Bengal, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 25.6370, 88.1210
Get the Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary. 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 Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary
Adina Mosque 54 km
Once the largest mosque in the subcontinent, built for the Bengal Sultanate at Pandua, with its builder buried inside it.
Gour 73 km
A sultanate capital gone back to fields and brick.
Jalalgarh Fort 73 km
A mud and brick fort losing to the forest.
Vikramaśīla University 91 km
The ruins of a Buddhist university founded by Dharmapala, ranked in its own day alongside Nalanda.
Vikramshila 91 km
A Pala university that rivalled Nalanda, destroyed around 1200, its central stupa now excavated and squared.
Farakka Barrage 94 km
A barrage across the Ganga in Murshidabad, built through the 1960s, eighteen kilometres short of the Bangladesh border.
Maluti Temples 134 km
Seventy two terracotta temples left of an original one hundred and eight, in a village of a few hundred people.
Kurseong 139 km
Halfway up the Darjeeling line, where the toy train runs down the middle of the bazaar and the orchids are white.
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Questions
Where is Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary?
Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary is in Raiganj, West Bengal. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Adina Mosque (54 km), Gour (73 km), Jalalgarh Fort (73 km).
How do I get the Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary 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 Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary 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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