Ousteri Lake
One of the most important wetlands in south India.
- Where
- Puducherry, Puducherry, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 11.9550, 79.7450
Get the Ousteri Lake stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Ousteri Lake. 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 Puducherry volume with your photos and a note.
Near Ousteri Lake
Auroville 8.0 km
An experimental township founded in 1968 to belong to no nation, built around a gold sphere called the Matrimandir.
Basilica of the Sacred Heart 9.5 km
Gothic, in French Indian white and brown.
French Quarter 9.5 km
Grid streets of yellow walled houses with bougainvillea, street names in two languages, and a Tamil quarter across the canal.
Immaculate Conception Cathedral 9.6 km
The white and brown church of 1791 on Mission Street, Puducherry's cathedral.
Manakula Vinayagar Temple 9.9 km
The temple elephant, and the sixteen sided pillar.
Sri Aurobindo Ashram 9.9 km
The samadhi under the service tree.
Aayi Mandapam 10 km
A white monument in Bharathi Park raised by Napoleon III to the woman who gave up her house for a water works.
Arikamedu 10 km
A Roman trading post of the first century, where Mediterranean amphorae have been dug out of the Ariyankuppam bank.
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Questions
Where is Ousteri Lake?
Ousteri Lake is in Puducherry, Puducherry. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Auroville (8.0 km), Basilica of the Sacred Heart (9.5 km), French Quarter (9.5 km).
How do I get the Ousteri Lake stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Ousteri Lake and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Puducherry volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Ousteri Lake before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Puducherry 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.