Rockfort Temple
Four hundred and thirty seven steps cut into a granite outcrop over a billion years old, with the town below on all sides.
- Where
- Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 10.8280, 78.6970
Get the Rockfort Temple stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Rockfort Temple. 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 Rockfort Temple
Ucchi Pillayar Temple 0.1 km
The Ganesha temple on top of the Rockfort at Tiruchirappalli, four hundred and thirty seven steps up.
Jambukeswarar Temple 3.0 km
The water among the five element shrines, with a spring under the linga that never dries.
Ranganathaswamy Temple 3.9 km
The largest working temple complex in the world, twenty one gopurams inside seven concentric walls.
Srirangam 5.0 km
An island between the Kaveri and the Kollidam, holding the largest working temple complex in India.
Samayapuram Mariamman Temple 11 km
A temple near Trichy second only to Palani in what it collects, and the goddess is made of sand and jaggery.
Kallanai Dam 13 km
The Grand Anicut, laid across the Kaveri by Karikala Chola and still directing the water it was cut for.
Thiruvellarai Pundarikakshan Perumal Temple 15 km
A Divya Desam temple to Vishnu on a rise of white rock north of Srirangam, said to be older than Srirangam itself; its sanctum has two doorways that each open for half the year, and outside lies a four-armed stepped tank built around 800 CE.
Sri Appakkudathaan Perumal Temple 21 km
One of the Divya Desams at Koviladi, where Vishnu is said to have asked for appam.
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Questions
Where is Rockfort Temple?
Rockfort Temple is in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Ucchi Pillayar Temple (0.1 km), Jambukeswarar Temple (3.0 km), Ranganathaswamy Temple (3.9 km).
How do I get the Rockfort Temple stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Rockfort Temple 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 Rockfort Temple 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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