Santiniketan
Tagore's school, inscribed in 2023.
- Where
- Birbhum, West Bengal, India
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 23.6776, 87.6852
Get the Santiniketan stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Santiniketan. 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 Santiniketan
Tarapith 49 km
Bamakhepa's seat, and the cremation ground behind.
Massanjore Dam 61 km
The Canada dam, on the Mayurakshi.
Karnasuvarna 65 km
The capital of Shashanka, king of Gauda, now mounds and a monastery under excavation.
Bishnupur Terracotta Temples 76 km
Malla dynasty temples built from brick because there was no stone, their walls covered in fired clay panels.
Mayapur 77 km
The birthplace of Chaitanya on the Ganga, and the international headquarters of the Hare Krishna movement.
Susunia Hill 78 km
Rock climbing, and a fourth century inscription.
Motijhil 81 km
A horseshoe shaped lake at Murshidabad, long known as the Company's lake.
Hazarduari Palace 82 km
A thousand doors, nine hundred of them false.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in West Bengal
Questions
Where is Santiniketan?
Santiniketan is in Birbhum, West Bengal. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Tarapith (49 km), Massanjore Dam (61 km), Karnasuvarna (65 km).
How do I get the Santiniketan stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Santiniketan 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 Santiniketan 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.
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.