Hesaraghatta Lake
A reservoir made in 1894 to water Bangalore, now a grassland and a fight about it.
- Where
- Bengaluru Rural, Karnataka, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 13.1500, 77.4900
Get the Hesaraghatta Lake stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Hesaraghatta 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 Karnataka volume with your photos and a note.
Near Hesaraghatta Lake
Hesaraghatta Grassland 2.7 km
One of the last grasslands near the city, where the lesser florican and the wolf still turn up.
Hebbal Lake 16 km
One of Kempegowda's tanks north of Bengaluru, now a bird lake ringed by flyovers.
ISKCON Bangalore 17 km
A hill temple opened in 1997, its gopuram and glass tower an argument about what a modern temple can look like.
Sankey tank 18 km
An artificial tank in west Bengaluru, fifteen hectares of water between three neighbourhoods.
Dakshinamukha Nandi Tirtha Kalyani Temple 18 km
A small temple on Temple Street in Malleswaram, known to the neighbourhood simply as the Nandi Tirtha.
Bangalore Palace 20 km
Tudor revival in the middle of the city, built in 1878 by a man who had seen Windsor and wanted one.
St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Bengaluru 22 km
The cathedral on Residency Road, twin-spired, seat of the archbishop.
Vidhana Soudha 22 km
Granite neo Dravidian built in 1956 to prove the state could raise something as grand as anything colonial.
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Questions
Where is Hesaraghatta Lake?
Hesaraghatta Lake is in Bengaluru Rural, Karnataka. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Hesaraghatta Grassland (2.7 km), Hebbal Lake (16 km), ISKCON Bangalore (17 km).
How do I get the Hesaraghatta Lake stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Hesaraghatta Lake and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Karnataka volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Hesaraghatta Lake before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Karnataka volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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