Sualkuchi
Every second house weaves muga silk.
- Where
- Kamrup, Assam, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 26.1699, 91.5709
Get the Sualkuchi stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Sualkuchi. 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 Sualkuchi
Hayagriva Madhava Temple 9.2 km
A temple on Manikut hill at Hajo, holy to Hindus and to Buddhists who say the Buddha died there.
Deepor Beel 9.3 km
A permanent freshwater lake southwest of Guwahati, a Ramsar site with a railway along one edge.
Hajo 9.5 km
Hindu, Buddhist and Muslim pilgrimage on the same hill.
Dipor Bil 10.0 km
A freshwater lake southwest of Guwahati, left behind in an old channel of the Brahmaputra.
Saraighat Bridge 10 km
The first bridge ever built across the Brahmaputra in Assam, carrying road and rail both.
Kamakhya Temple 13 km
On Nilachal hill above the Brahmaputra, one of the oldest shakti peethas, holding no image at all but a spring in the rock.
Sukreswar Temple 17 km
A temple on a hillock above the Brahmaputra at Guwahati, with a long flight down to the water.
Doul Govinda Temple 18 km
A Krishna temple on Chandrabharati hill in North Guwahati, reached across the river.
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Questions
Where is Sualkuchi?
Sualkuchi is in Kamrup, Assam. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Hayagriva Madhava Temple (9.2 km), Deepor Beel (9.3 km), Hajo (9.5 km).
How do I get the Sualkuchi stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Sualkuchi 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 Sualkuchi 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.
Collect your first stamp.
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