Pykara
A river the Todas hold sacred, rising at Mukurthi peak above Ooty.
- Where
- Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 11.4547, 76.5972
Get the Pykara stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Pykara. 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 Pykara
Ooty 12 km
The Nilgiri hill station at twenty two hundred metres, reached by a rack railway that has run since 1908.
Pykara Falls 12 km
The shola, the lake and the boat.
Government Botanical Garden 13 km
Twenty two hectares laid out at Ooty in 1848, on the lower slopes above the town.
Masinagudi 13 km
A village in the elephant corridor between Mudumalai and Bandipur, where the animals cross the road at dusk.
Mudumalai Theppakadu 14 km
The elephant camp, and the Mysore road through the reserve.
Doddabetta 16 km
The highest point in the Nilgiris.
Mudumalai National Park 19 km
The corridor elephants use between the Nilgiris, Bandipur and Wayanad, and part of the largest protected block in south India.
Bandipur National Park 24 km
Teak and dry deciduous forest on the old Mysore hunting reserve, joined to Nagarhole, Mudumalai and Wayanad.
More offbeat places in Tamil Nadu
Questions
Where is Pykara?
Pykara is in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Ooty (12 km), Pykara Falls (12 km), Government Botanical Garden (13 km).
How do I get the Pykara stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Pykara 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 Pykara 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.
Collect your first stamp.
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