Chandni Chowk
A market laid out in the seventeenth century by Shah Jahan's daughter, still selling silver, spices and wedding cloth.
- Where
- New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 28.6560, 77.2339
Get the Chandni Chowk stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Chandni Chowk. 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 Delhi volume with your photos and a note.
Near Chandni Chowk
Jama Masjid 0.6 km
Shah Jahan's last great commission, a courtyard that holds twenty five thousand people and a view over the old city.
Old Delhi 0.6 km
Shahjahanabad, the walled capital Shah Jahan built in 1648, which Delhi never stopped living in.
Red Fort 0.7 km
The seat of Mughal power for two centuries, and the wall India's independence is announced from every August.
Salimgarh Fort 0.8 km
Built in 1546 by Sher Shah Suri's son, on what was then an island in the Yamuna.
Ghalib ki Haveli 0.8 km
The poet's house in Ballimaran, a doorway and two rooms, saved after long being a coal store.
Zafar Mahal 0.9 km
The last Mughal palace, and the grave that was never filled.
Nigambodh Ghat 1.0 km
The oldest cremation ground on the Yamuna.
Masjid Mubarak Begum 1.0 km
A mosque built in 1823 by a courtesan who became a Resident's wife, and Delhi called it the whore's mosque.
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Questions
Where is Chandni Chowk?
Chandni Chowk is in New Delhi, Delhi. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Jama Masjid (0.6 km), Old Delhi (0.6 km), Red Fort (0.7 km).
How do I get the Chandni Chowk stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Chandni Chowk and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Delhi volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Chandni Chowk before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Delhi 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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