Surajkund
An amphitheatre shaped reservoir of the tenth century, built to catch water off the Aravalli backslope.
- Where
- Faridabad, Haryana, India
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 28.4837, 77.2829
Get the Surajkund stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Surajkund. 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 Haryana volume with your photos and a note.
Near Surajkund
Tughlaqabad Fort 4.1 km
A vast ruined city abandoned within fifteen years of being finished, said to be under a saint's curse.
Chittaranjan Park Kali Mandir 6.8 km
The Bengali colony's temple in Delhi, and where the city's biggest Durga Puja is held.
Kalkaji Mandir 7.7 km
Older than the city around it, by every account.
Lotus Temple 8.1 km
A Bahai house of worship shaped as twenty seven marble petals, open to every faith and to none.
Khirki Masjid 8.1 km
A fourteenth century mosque with a roof over most of it and latticed windows for the name.
Qila Rai Pithora 9.2 km
Lal Kot, the earliest of Delhi's cities, whose walls still run through the ground around the Qutb.
Siri Fort 9.6 km
The second city of Delhi, built by Alauddin Khalji against the Mongols, now a wall and an auditorium.
Mehrauli Archaeological Park 10 km
A hundred monuments spanning a thousand years in one wooded park, most of them unlabelled and unvisited.
More national monuments in Haryana
Questions
Where is Surajkund?
Surajkund is in Faridabad, Haryana. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Tughlaqabad Fort (4.1 km), Chittaranjan Park Kali Mandir (6.8 km), Kalkaji Mandir (7.7 km).
How do I get the Surajkund stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Surajkund and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Haryana volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Surajkund before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Haryana volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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