Farakka Barrage
A barrage across the Ganga in Murshidabad, built through the 1960s, eighteen kilometres short of the Bangladesh border.
- Where
- Murshidabad, West Bengal, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 24.8044, 87.9331
Get the Farakka Barrage stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Farakka Barrage. 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 Farakka Barrage
Gour 29 km
A sultanate capital gone back to fields and brick.
Maluti Temples 41 km
Seventy two terracotta temples left of an original one hundred and eight, in a village of a few hundred people.
Adina Mosque 45 km
Once the largest mosque in the subcontinent, built for the Bengal Sultanate at Pandua, with its builder buried inside it.
Hazarduari Palace 77 km
A thousand doors, nine hundred of them false.
Katra Masjid 78 km
Murshid Quli Khan is buried under the steps.
Tarapith 78 km
Bamakhepa's seat, and the cremation ground behind.
Motijhil 80 km
A horseshoe shaped lake at Murshidabad, long known as the Company's lake.
Vikramaśīla University 87 km
The ruins of a Buddhist university founded by Dharmapala, ranked in its own day alongside Nalanda.
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Questions
Where is Farakka Barrage?
Farakka Barrage is in Murshidabad, West Bengal. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Gour (29 km), Maluti Temples (41 km), Adina Mosque (45 km).
How do I get the Farakka Barrage stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Farakka Barrage 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 Farakka Barrage 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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