Saraighat Bridge
The first bridge ever built across the Brahmaputra in Assam, carrying road and rail both.
- Where
- Kamrup Metropolitan, Assam, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 26.1754, 91.6722
Get the Saraighat Bridge stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Saraighat Bridge. 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 Assam volume with your photos and a note.
Near Saraighat Bridge
Kamakhya Temple 3.6 km
On Nilachal hill above the Brahmaputra, one of the oldest shakti peethas, holding no image at all but a spring in the rock.
Deepor Beel 6.0 km
A permanent freshwater lake southwest of Guwahati, a Ramsar site with a railway along one edge.
Dipor Bil 6.5 km
A freshwater lake southwest of Guwahati, left behind in an old channel of the Brahmaputra.
Sukreswar Temple 7.0 km
A temple on a hillock above the Brahmaputra at Guwahati, with a long flight down to the water.
Umananda Island 7.6 km
The smallest inhabited river island in the world, in the middle of the Brahmaputra, reached only by ferry.
Doul Govinda Temple 7.8 km
A Krishna temple on Chandrabharati hill in North Guwahati, reached across the river.
Dighalipukhuri 8.0 km
A tank dug for a wedding, a thousand years ago.
Basistha Ashram 8.2 km
Three streams meeting under a sage's rock.
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Questions
Where is Saraighat Bridge?
Saraighat Bridge is in Kamrup Metropolitan, Assam. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Kamakhya Temple (3.6 km), Deepor Beel (6.0 km), Dipor Bil (6.5 km).
How do I get the Saraighat Bridge stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Saraighat Bridge and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Assam volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Saraighat Bridge before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Assam volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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