Motijhil
A horseshoe shaped lake at Murshidabad, long known as the Company's lake.
- Where
- Murshidabad, West Bengal, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 24.1603, 88.2820
Get the Motijhil stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Motijhil. 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 Motijhil
Katra Masjid 2.8 km
Murshid Quli Khan is buried under the steps.
Hazarduari Palace 3.2 km
A thousand doors, nine hundred of them false.
Karnasuvarna 17 km
The capital of Shashanka, king of Gauda, now mounds and a monastery under excavation.
Tarapith 49 km
Bamakhepa's seat, and the cremation ground behind.
Maluti Temples 62 km
Seventy two terracotta temples left of an original one hundred and eight, in a village of a few hundred people.
Farakka Barrage 80 km
A barrage across the Ganga in Murshidabad, built through the 1960s, eighteen kilometres short of the Bangladesh border.
Santiniketan 81 km
Tagore's school, inscribed in 2023.
Mayapur 83 km
The birthplace of Chaitanya on the Ganga, and the international headquarters of the Hare Krishna movement.
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Questions
Where is Motijhil?
Motijhil is in Murshidabad, West Bengal. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Katra Masjid (2.8 km), Hazarduari Palace (3.2 km), Karnasuvarna (17 km).
How do I get the Motijhil stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Motijhil 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 Motijhil 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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