Bhojtal
The Upper Lake at Bhopal, made in the eleventh century by Raja Bhoj, and still the city's water.
- Where
- Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 23.2500, 77.3400
Get the Bhojtal stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Bhojtal. 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 Madhya Pradesh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Bhojtal
Van Vihar 3.5 km
A zoo that is a national park, on the Upper Lake.
Upper Lake 4.1 km
Built in the eleventh century by damming the Kolans, and still the source of most of Bhopal's water.
Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya 4.3 km
Two hundred acres on the Shymala hills at Bhopal, given over to how people across India actually live.
Tribal Museum 4.9 km
Built by the communities it is about.
Bharat Bhavan 5.4 km
Charles Correa's building, and the art inside it.
Taj ul Masajid 5.6 km
Begun in the 1870s by Shah Jahan Begum and only finished in 1985, one of the largest mosques in Asia.
Bhojeshwar Temple 30 km
An eleventh century temple left unfinished, its lingam over two metres tall, with the masons' plans still cut into the surrounding rock.
Bhojpur Temple 32 km
An unfinished lingam of extraordinary size.
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Questions
Where is Bhojtal?
Bhojtal is in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Van Vihar (3.5 km), Upper Lake (4.1 km), Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (4.3 km).
How do I get the Bhojtal stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Bhojtal and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Madhya Pradesh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Bhojtal before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Madhya Pradesh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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