Sankey tank
An artificial tank in west Bengaluru, fifteen hectares of water between three neighbourhoods.
- Where
- Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 13.0100, 77.5700
Get the Sankey tank stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Sankey tank. 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 Sankey tank
Dakshinamukha Nandi Tirtha Kalyani Temple 0.6 km
A small temple on Temple Street in Malleswaram, known to the neighbourhood simply as the Nandi Tirtha.
ISKCON Bangalore 2.0 km
A hill temple opened in 1997, its gopuram and glass tower an argument about what a modern temple can look like.
Bangalore Palace 2.7 km
Tudor revival in the middle of the city, built in 1878 by a man who had seen Windsor and wanted one.
Vidhana Soudha 4.1 km
Granite neo Dravidian built in 1956 to prove the state could raise something as grand as anything colonial.
Hebbal Lake 4.5 km
One of Kempegowda's tanks north of Bengaluru, now a bird lake ringed by flyovers.
Cubbon Park 4.7 km
Three hundred acres of shade in the middle of Bengaluru, closed to traffic on Sundays since people asked.
Government Museum, Bengaluru 4.8 km
One of the oldest museums in India, 1865, with the Halmidi inscription in it.
St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Bengaluru 4.9 km
The cathedral on Residency Road, twin-spired, seat of the archbishop.
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Questions
Where is Sankey tank?
Sankey tank is in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Dakshinamukha Nandi Tirtha Kalyani Temple (0.6 km), ISKCON Bangalore (2.0 km), Bangalore Palace (2.7 km).
How do I get the Sankey tank stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Sankey tank 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 Sankey tank 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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