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Baranagar

Baranagar is a suburb north of , in the district of West Bengal. It has a rich cultural heritage.
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  • Type: City with 248,000 residents
  • Description: city in West Bengal, India
  • Also known as: “Baranagore”
  • Historically known as: “Barahanagore”
Photo: Aankan Das, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dakshineswar Kali Temple and Belur Math.

Hindu temple
Photo: Bibek Raj Pandeya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Dakshineswar Kalibari is a Hindu navaratna style temple in , Kolkata, West Bengal, India, on the eastern bank of the .

Monastery
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is the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, founded by Swami Vivekananda, the chief disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.

Railway station
Photo: Souravdas1998, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dakshineswar is a railway station on the Sealdah–Dankuni line in . The is adjacent to . It serves the local areas of in in , India.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Kolkata and South Dum Dum.

Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
is the oldest area of , a fascinating district dominated by narrow little lanes, hundreds of century-old buildings, vibrant arts and festivals.

Town
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is a city and a municipality in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area of in the state of . It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.

Town
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or Uttar Dum Dum is a city and a municipality of in the state of . It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.

Baranagar

Latitude
22.6342° or 22° 38′ 3″ north
Longitude
88.3711° or 88° 22′ 16″ east
Population
248,000
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
7MJCJ9MC+MC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9265759692
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1277082
Wiki­data ID
Q712504
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Baranagar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باراناجار”
  • Bengali: “বড়ানগর”
  • Bengali: “বরানগর”
  • Bengali: “বরাহনগর”
  • Bhojpuri: “बड़ानगर”
  • Bishnupriya: “বড়ানগর”
  • Bulgarian: “Баранагар”
  • Catalan: “Barahanagar”
  • Catalan: “Baranagar”
  • Cebuano: “Baranagar”
  • Central Kurdish: “باراناگار”
  • Chinese: “伯勒訥各爾”
  • Chinese: “伯勒讷格尔”
  • Chinese: “巴拉納加爾”
  • Chinese: “巴拉纳加尔”
  • Dutch: “Baranagar”
  • Esperanto: “Borahonogur”
  • French: “Baranagar”
  • German: “Baranagar”
  • Hindi: “बरानगर”
  • Hindi: “बराहनगर”
  • Irish: “Baranagar”
  • Italian: “Baranagar”
  • Japanese: “バラナガル”
  • Kashmiri: “بارا نگر”
  • Korean: “바라나가르”
  • Korean: “바라나고르”
  • Ladin: “Baranagar”
  • Lithuanian: “Baranagaras”
  • Malagasy: “Baranagar”
  • Malay: “Baranagar”
  • Newari: “बारानगर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Baranagar”
  • Norwegian: “Baranagar”
  • Persian: “بارانگر”
  • Portuguese: “Baranagar”
  • Serbian: “Baranagar”
  • Serbian: “Баранагар”
  • Slovenian: “Baranagar”
  • Spanish: “Baranagar”
  • Swedish: “Baranagar”
  • Tamil: “பராநகர்”
  • Ukrainian: “Баранагар”
  • Urdu: “بارا نگر”
  • Venetian: “Baranagar”
  • Vietnamese: “Baranagar”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Baranagar”
  • Western Panjabi: “بارانگر”
  • “Baranagar”
  • “बड़ानगर”

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