Sarnath
The deer park where the Buddha gave his first sermon, and where Ashoka raised a pillar whose capital is now the national emblem.
- Where
- Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 25.3811, 83.0214
Get the Sarnath stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Sarnath. 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 Uttar Pradesh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Sarnath
Alamgir Mosque 7.3 km
Aurangzeb's mosque above Panchganga Ghat, built over a Vishnu temple and impossible to miss from the river.
Bharat Mata Mandir 7.8 km
A temple of 1936 with no idol, only a relief map of undivided India in marble.
Manikarnika Ghat 7.9 km
The fire that has not gone out.
Annapurna Devi Temple 7.9 km
The goddess who feeds Kashi, a few steps from Kashi Vishwanath in Vishwanath Gali. The present temple was raised by the Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao I in the eighteenth century, and at Annakut she is shown in gold.
Kashi Vishwanath 7.9 km
The Jyotirlinga, and the corridor that changed the city.
Vishalakshi Temple 8.1 km
A Shakti Peetha by Mir Ghat, where the goddess is Vishalakshi, the wide eyed. It sits in the lanes a short walk from Kashi Vishwanath and Manikarnika, and is one of the oldest seats of the goddess in the city.
Dashashwamedh Ghat 8.3 km
The principal ghat of the oldest continuously inhabited city on earth, where the evening aarti has been performed for centuries.
Kaal Bhairav Mandir, Varanasi 8.5 km
One of the oldest temples in Varanasi, to Bhairava, who wears a garland of skulls.
More national monuments in Uttar Pradesh
Questions
Where is Sarnath?
Sarnath is in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Alamgir Mosque (7.3 km), Bharat Mata Mandir (7.8 km), Manikarnika Ghat (7.9 km).
How do I get the Sarnath stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Sarnath and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Uttar Pradesh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Sarnath before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Uttar Pradesh 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.