Chandannagar Strand
French India on the Hooghly, and the jagaddhatri lights.
- Where
- Chandannagar, West Bengal, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 22.8546, 88.3692
Get the Chandannagar Strand stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Chandannagar Strand. 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 West Bengal volume with your photos and a note.
Near Chandannagar Strand
Boro Maa Kali Temple, Naihati 6.5 km
Naihati's Boro Maa, begun in 1923 after a young man came back from Nabadwip and dreamed of her.
Hooghly Imambara 6.8 km
A clock wound by hand every week.
Bandel Church 7.7 km
Portuguese, and the oldest church in Bengal.
Hangseshwari Temple 13 km
A temple at Bansberia with thirteen lotus-bud towers, laid out as a body in tantric anatomy.
Dakshineswar Kali Temple 22 km
Built in 1855 by a woman the priesthood tried to refuse, and where Ramakrishna spent thirty years.
Vivekananda Setu 22 km
A truss bridge over the Hooghly finished in 1931, running from Bally across to Dakshineswar.
Belur Math 25 km
One building holding a temple, a mosque and a church.
Kumartuli 28 km
The potters' quarter where the Durga idols are built on straw and clay from the river, then given away to the water.
More famous places to visit in West Bengal
Questions
Where is Chandannagar Strand?
Chandannagar Strand is in Chandannagar, West Bengal. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Boro Maa Kali Temple, Naihati (6.5 km), Hooghly Imambara (6.8 km), Bandel Church (7.7 km).
How do I get the Chandannagar Strand stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Chandannagar Strand and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your West Bengal volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Chandannagar Strand before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your West Bengal volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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