Vaikom Mahadeva Temple
The temple whose road was the Vaikom Satyagraha, where Gandhi came in 1925.
- Where
- Kottayam, Keralam, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 9.7667, 76.4000
Get the Vaikom Mahadeva Temple stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Vaikom Mahadeva Temple. 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 Vaikom Mahadeva Temple
Perumbalam 9.9 km
An island village of some ten thousand people, out in Vembanad lake.
Vembanad 11 km
The longest lake in India, the backwaters people mean when they say backwaters.
Perumbalam Bridge 12 km
A bow string arch across Vembanad lake, opened in 2026, which finally gave Perumbalam island a road of its own.
Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary 16 km
Fourteen acres on Vembanad lake where Siberian storks and darters come between November and February.
St Andrew's Basilica, Arthunkal 16 km
A Portuguese foundation of 1581 on the Alappuzha coast, with a January feast walked to from far off.
Pathiramanal 17 km
A small island in Vembanad whose name means midnight sand, and where the migrating birds come.
Chottanikkara Temple 19 km
A temple where the goddess is said to cure the possessed, and the evening rite draws them.
Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple 20 km
One of the great Shiva temples of Kerala, at Ettumanoor in Kottayam.
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Questions
Where is Vaikom Mahadeva Temple?
Vaikom Mahadeva Temple is in Kottayam, Keralam. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Perumbalam (9.9 km), Vembanad (11 km), Perumbalam Bridge (12 km).
How do I get the Vaikom Mahadeva Temple stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Vaikom Mahadeva Temple 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 Vaikom Mahadeva Temple 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.
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