St Andrew's Basilica, Arthunkal
A Portuguese foundation of 1581 on the Alappuzha coast, with a January feast walked to from far off.
- Where
- Alappuzha, Keralam, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 9.6611, 76.3004
Get the St Andrew's Basilica, Arthunkal stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at St Andrew's Basilica, Arthunkal. 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 St Andrew's Basilica, Arthunkal
Marari Beach 6.7 km
A fishing village that became a quiet resort coast.
Pathiramanal 10 km
A small island in Vembanad whose name means midnight sand, and where the migrating birds come.
Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary 15 km
Fourteen acres on Vembanad lake where Siberian storks and darters come between November and February.
Vaikom Mahadeva Temple 16 km
The temple whose road was the Vaikom Satyagraha, where Gandhi came in 1925.
Alappuzha Backwaters 19 km
Nine hundred kilometres of linked lagoon and canal behind the coast, worked by rice barges converted to houseboats.
Alappuzha Beach 19 km
A pier from 1862 running out into the sea, half fallen, and the town's evenings.
Perumbalam 22 km
An island village of some ten thousand people, out in Vembanad lake.
Vembanad 22 km
The longest lake in India, the backwaters people mean when they say backwaters.
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Questions
Where is St Andrew's Basilica, Arthunkal?
St Andrew's Basilica, Arthunkal is in Alappuzha, Keralam. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Marari Beach (6.7 km), Pathiramanal (10 km), Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary (15 km).
How do I get the St Andrew's Basilica, Arthunkal stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at St Andrew's Basilica, Arthunkal 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 St Andrew's Basilica, Arthunkal 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.
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