Amirthi Zoological Park
A small zoo in the Vellore hills, open since 1967, with a waterfall inside it.
- Where
- Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 12.7324, 79.0567
Get the Amirthi Zoological Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Amirthi Zoological Park. 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 Tamil Nadu volume with your photos and a note.
Near Amirthi Zoological Park
Sripuram Golden Temple 16 km
Fifteen hundred kilograms of gold foil, laid by hand.
Vellore Fort 22 km
A moat with crocodiles, and the first sepoy mutiny.
Jalakandeswarar Temple 22 km
A Vijayanagara temple inside Vellore fort, used as a garrison store for a century and reconsecrated in 1981.
Vainu Bappu Observatory 31 km
An observatory in the Javadi hills at Kavalur, where India does a good deal of its own looking at the sky.
Yelagiri 48 km
A small hill station with a large lake.
Arunachaleswarar Temple 56 km
The fire element, and the hill walked around at full moon.
Sri Ramanasramam 57 km
The ashram that grew around Ramana Maharshi at the foot of Arunachala, where he lived from 1922 until 1950. Visitors still sit in the old hall where he received them, and walk the hill he never left.
Kanipakam Vinayaka Temple 61 km
A Ganesha that emerged from a well and is said to be still growing.
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Questions
Where is Amirthi Zoological Park?
Amirthi Zoological Park is in Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Sripuram Golden Temple (16 km), Vellore Fort (22 km), Jalakandeswarar Temple (22 km).
How do I get the Amirthi Zoological Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Amirthi Zoological Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Tamil Nadu volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Amirthi Zoological Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Tamil Nadu volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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