Shankumugham Beach
The beach beside Thiruvananthapuram airport, with a sleeping mermaid in concrete.
- Where
- Thiruvananthapuram, Keralam, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 8.4785, 76.9120
Get the Shankumugham Beach stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Shankumugham Beach. 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 Keralam volume with your photos and a note.
Near Shankumugham Beach
Padmanabhaswamy Temple 3.5 km
A temple whose vaults were opened in 2011 and found to hold one of the largest treasure hoards ever recorded.
Palayam Juma Masjid 5.1 km
The mosque in Thiruvananthapuram that stands with a temple and a church on the same road.
Attukal Temple 5.4 km
Bhadrakali at Attukal, identified here with Kannagi of the old Tamil epic.
Napier Museum 5.8 km
Indo Saracenic, and cooled without a fan.
Kowdiar Palace 7.6 km
The Travancore family's official residence in Thiruvananthapuram, completed in 1934.
Kovalam Beach 11 km
Three crescent beaches under a lighthouse headland, the first stretch of Kerala coast that travellers found.
Vellayani Lake 12 km
The largest freshwater lake in south Kerala, and where Thiruvananthapuram takes its water.
Aazhimala Shiva Temple 17 km
A Shiva temple on the Arabian Sea near Vizhinjam, with an eighteen metre Gangadhareshwara cut into the rock above it.
More hidden gems in Keralam
Questions
Where is Shankumugham Beach?
Shankumugham Beach is in Thiruvananthapuram, Keralam. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Padmanabhaswamy Temple (3.5 km), Palayam Juma Masjid (5.1 km), Attukal Temple (5.4 km).
How do I get the Shankumugham Beach stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Shankumugham Beach and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Keralam volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Shankumugham Beach before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Keralam volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.