Chor Bazaar
A century and a half of secondhand everything, from ship fittings to gramophone horns, off Mohammed Ali Road.
- Where
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 18.9594, 72.8299
Get the Chor Bazaar stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Chor Bazaar. 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 Maharashtra volume with your photos and a note.
Near Chor Bazaar
Mumba Devi Temple 1.0 km
The goddess the city is named for, moved twice and now in a lane off Zaveri Bazaar.
Jama Masjid, Mumbai 1.2 km
The city's principal mosque, built over a tank that is still under the prayer hall.
Crawford Market 1.4 km
Opened in 1869, with friezes over the entrance carved by Rudyard Kipling's father, who taught art in the city.
Taraporewala Aquarium 1.5 km
India's oldest aquarium, on Marine Drive, with a glass tunnel you walk through.
Mani Bhavan 2.0 km
The house on Laburnum Road Gandhi stayed in between 1917 and 1934, now his museum.
Marine Drive 2.0 km
Three kilometres of curved seafront whose streetlights earned it the name the Queen's Necklace.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 2.1 km
Victorian Gothic married to Mughal detail, opened in 1888, and still one of the busiest stations in the country.
Girgaum Chowpatty 2.2 km
The city beach at the end of Marine Drive, where Ganpati goes into the sea every September and the bhelpuri stalls never close.
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Questions
Where is Chor Bazaar?
Chor Bazaar is in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Mumba Devi Temple (1.0 km), Jama Masjid, Mumbai (1.2 km), Crawford Market (1.4 km).
How do I get the Chor Bazaar stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Chor Bazaar and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Maharashtra volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Chor Bazaar before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Maharashtra 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.