Connaught Place
Two Georgian circles that still run the city's idea of itself.
- Where
- Delhi, Delhi, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 28.6318, 77.2194
Get the Connaught Place stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Connaught Place. 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 Connaught Place
Chhatarpur Temple 0.1 km
Marble on a scale that has to be seen.
Jantar Mantar 0.6 km
Thirteen masonry instruments built to measure time and track the stars, accurate to within seconds without a single lens.
Agrasen ki Baoli 0.8 km
A hundred and eight steps descending into cool dark stone in the middle of Connaught Place, and nobody is certain who built it.
Gurudwara Bangla Sahib 1.2 km
The tank, the langar, and the queue that never stops.
Sacred Heart Cathedral 1.3 km
The Catholic cathedral of 1930 on Ashoka Place, Italianate and startlingly white.
Laxminarayan Temple 2.0 km
The Birla temple of 1939, opened by Gandhi on the condition that it would admit everyone.
Masjid Mubarak Begum 2.1 km
A mosque built in 1823 by a courtesan who became a Resident's wife, and Delhi called it the whore's mosque.
National Museum 2.2 km
The dancing girl of Mohenjo daro is here.
More famous places to visit in Delhi
Questions
Where is Connaught Place?
Connaught Place is in Delhi, Delhi. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Chhatarpur Temple (0.1 km), Jantar Mantar (0.6 km), Agrasen ki Baoli (0.8 km).
How do I get the Connaught Place stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Connaught Place 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 Connaught Place 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.
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.