Kalupur Swaminarayan Mandir
The first temple the Swaminarayan sampraday built, 1822, in Burmese teak and paint.
- Where
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 23.0300, 72.5910
Get the Kalupur Swaminarayan Mandir stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Kalupur Swaminarayan Mandir. 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 Gujarat volume with your photos and a note.
Near Kalupur Swaminarayan Mandir
Jama Masjid 0.7 km
Two hundred and sixty pillars holding fifteen domes, built in 1424 with stone taken from demolished temples.
The Pols of Ahmedabad 1.0 km
Dense residential lanes with shared courtyards and bird feeders, the reason Ahmedabad became India's first World Heritage City.
Sidi Bashir Mosque 1.1 km
What is left of a mosque is two minarets that shake: push one and the other answers.
Sidi Saiyyed Mosque 1.2 km
Ten stone screens, one of them a tree of intertwined branches that became the emblem of the city.
Bhadra Fort 1.2 km
The citadel Ahmed Shah built in 1411 when he founded Ahmedabad, with the Bhadrakali temple in it.
Jhulta Minara 1.5 km
Shake one minaret and the other answers.
Dada Harir Vav 1.9 km
Built in 1499 by a woman of Mahmud Begada's household, with Sanskrit and Arabic cut into the same walls.
Bai Harir Vav Steps 2.1 km
The octagonal well shaft behind Dada Harir, where the water level is still read off the carved courses.
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Questions
Where is Kalupur Swaminarayan Mandir?
Kalupur Swaminarayan Mandir is in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Jama Masjid (0.7 km), The Pols of Ahmedabad (1.0 km), Sidi Bashir Mosque (1.1 km).
How do I get the Kalupur Swaminarayan Mandir stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Kalupur Swaminarayan Mandir and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Gujarat volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Kalupur Swaminarayan Mandir before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Gujarat volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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