Belur

Belur is a neighbourhood in of in the state of . It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
Wikipedia
  • 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.

Railway station
Photo: Pinakpani, CC BY 4.0.
is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station on the Howrah–Bardhaman main line and Howrah–Bardhaman chord. It is located in in the state of .

Railway station
Photo: Salil Kumar Mukherjee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a terminal railway station of the Kolkata Suburban Railway network, which connects , temple and the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, with Howrah via the Eastern main line of Eastern Railway.

Monastery
Photo: Kinjal bose 78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Bally and Uttarpara.

Photo: Kinjal bose 78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a laid-back town north of city, in the district of southern . It is home to the Belur Math, headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission.

is an industrial town on the western bank of the Hooghly River, in the of . Close to , was a major automobile hub with India's first car factory, and although the city faced decline from the 1990s till the 2020s, it has been revived as a major manufacturing hub for metro vehicles in India.

Photo: Sukanta Pal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb north of , in the district of . Considered the twin of by locals, the suburb is famous for the riverside Kali temple.

Belur

Latitude
22.63629° or 22° 38′ 11″ north
Longitude
88.33828° or 88° 20′ 18″ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
7MJCJ8PQ+G8
Geo­Names ID
1276484
Wiki­data ID
Q4884833
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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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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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