Belur
Belur is a neighbourhood in Howrah of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: neighbourhood in Howrah district, West Bengal, India
- Also known as: “Belur, West Bengal”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Belur railway station and Belur Math railway station.
Belur railway station
Railway station
Belur railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Howrah–Bardhaman main line and Howrah–Bardhaman chord. It is located in Howrah in the state of West Bengal.
Belur Math railway station
Railway station
Photo: Salil Kumar Mukherjee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Belur Math railway station is a terminal railway station of the Kolkata Suburban Railway network, which connects Belur Math, temple and the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, with Howrah via the Eastern main line of Eastern Railway.
Belur Math
Monastery
Photo: Kinjal bose 78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Belur Math is the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, founded by Swami Vivekananda, the chief disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dakshineswar and Cossipore.
Dakshineswar
Suburb
Photo: Sukanta Pal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dakshineswar is a suburb north of Kolkata, in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Considered the twin of Varanasi by locals, the suburb is famous for the riverside Kali temple. Dakshineswar is situated 3 km northeast of Belur.
Cossipore
Suburb
Cossipore is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. One of the oldest neighbourhoods of the metropolis, it has a police station. Cossipore is situated 4 km southeast of Belur.
Dunlop
Suburb
Dunlop is a neighbourhood in Baranagar of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Dunlop is situated 4½ km northeast of Belur.
Belur
- Category: neighborhood
- Location: Bally Jagachha, Howrah, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Tamil—“Belur” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “বেলুড়”
- Chinese: “貝盧爾”
- Danish: “Belur, West Bengal”
- Danish: “Belur”
- Dutch: “Belur, West Bengal”
- Dutch: “Belur”
- Hindi: “बेलुड़”
- Hindi: “बेलूड़”
- Italian: “Belur”
- Russian: “Белур”
- Santali: “ᱵᱮᱞᱩᱨ, ᱯᱚᱪᱷᱤᱢ ᱵᱟᱝᱞᱟ”
- Tamil: “பேலூர், மேற்கு வங்காளம்”
- Tamil: “பேலூர்”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Belur”. Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.