Gahirmatha Beach
The largest olive ridley rookery in the world.
- Where
- Kendrapara, Odisha, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 20.6416, 86.9402
Get the Gahirmatha Beach stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Gahirmatha 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 Odisha volume with your photos and a note.
Near Gahirmatha Beach
Bhitarkanika National Park 11 km
Saltwater crocodiles and mangrove creeks.
Ratnagiri 63 km
A Buddhist monastery of the fifth century on a hill, its doorway carved as finely as anything in India.
Lalitgiri 68 km
A relic casket that may hold the Buddha's remains.
Udayagiri, Jajpur 70 km
The largest Buddhist monastery of the Odisha triangle, a stupa and two monasteries under excavation.
Pushpagiri Vihara 79 km
A Buddhist university on three hills, lost until 1995 and still being dug.
Udayagiri Buddhist Complex 89 km
The largest of the three, still being dug.
Chandipur Beach 92 km
The sea withdraws five kilometres twice a day here, and people walk out onto the seabed.
Khirachora Gopinatha Temple 100 km
A temple at Remuna where Krishna is said to have stolen condensed milk for a devotee.
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Questions
Where is Gahirmatha Beach?
Gahirmatha Beach is in Kendrapara, Odisha. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Bhitarkanika National Park (11 km), Ratnagiri (63 km), Lalitgiri (68 km).
How do I get the Gahirmatha Beach stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Gahirmatha Beach and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Odisha volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Gahirmatha Beach before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Odisha 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.