Wular Lake
One of Asia's largest freshwater lakes.
- Where
- Bandipora, Jammu & Kashmir, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 34.3547, 74.5483
Get the Wular Lake stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Wular Lake. 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 Jammu & Kashmir volume with your photos and a note.
Near Wular Lake
Manasbal Lake 16 km
The deepest lake in Kashmir, lotus on the surface in July and a Mughal garden on one bank.
Shankaragaurishvara Temple, Pattan 22 km
A ninth century Kashmiri temple with a peaked roof and a colonnade, roofless now.
Kheer Bhawani 22 km
A spring temple at Tulmulla whose water changes colour, and black is said to mean trouble.
Parihaspora 26 km
The capital Lalitaditya built in the eighth century, now platforms and enormous blocks in a field.
Anchar Lake 31 km
A lake north of Srinagar joined to the Dal by a channel, and much the worse for it.
Harmukh 33 km
A peak above Gangabal the Kashmiri Pandits hold sacred, and long thought unclimbable.
Gangabal Lake 36 km
A glacial lake under Harmukh, reached on foot, and the end of the Kashmir great lakes trek.
Hazratbal Shrine 37 km
A white marble mosque on the Dal, and one relic.
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Questions
Where is Wular Lake?
Wular Lake is in Bandipora, Jammu & Kashmir. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Manasbal Lake (16 km), Shankaragaurishvara Temple, Pattan (22 km), Kheer Bhawani (22 km).
How do I get the Wular Lake stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Wular Lake and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Jammu & Kashmir volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Wular Lake before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Jammu & Kashmir volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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