Barabazar
Barabazar is a suburb in Kolkata, West Bengal and has about 7,990 residents. Barabazar is situated nearby to the suburb Jagganath Ghat, as well as near Jorasanko.Places of Interest
Highlights include Howrah Bridge and Magen David Synagogue.
Howrah Bridge
Photo: Pradip paswan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Howrah Bridge is a balanced steel bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking both sides of Kolkata.
Magen David Synagogue
Synagogue
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
Magen David Synagogue is located at the junction of Brabourne Road and Canning Street in Kolkata. Magen David is the second operating synagogue in Kolkata, the other is the Beth El Synagogue at Pollock Street.
Nakhoda Mosque
Mosque
Photo: DeepanjanGhosh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Nakhoda Masjid is a Sunni mosque, located in Kolkata, in the state of West Bengal, India. The mosque is situated in the Chitpur area of the Burrabazar business district in Central Kolkata, at the intersection of Zakaria Street and Rabindra Sarani.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jorasanko and B. B. D. Bagh.
Jorasanko
Suburb
Photo: P.K.Niyogi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jorasanko is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. It is so called because of the two wooden or bamboo bridges that spanned a small stream at this point.
B. B. D. Bagh
Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
B. B. D. Bagh, short of Benoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh, is the colonial-era precinct of Kolkata. Formerly known as Dalhousie Square or simply Dalhousie, the precinct takes a visitor back to the British Raj era with nostalgic overtones.
Girish Park
Suburb
Girish Park is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. it is named after famous Bengali Theatre personnel Girish Chandra Ghosh.
Barabazar
- Type: Suburb with 7,990 residents
- Also known as: “Bara Bazar” and “Calcutta Bara Bazar”
- Category: locality
- Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.58018° or 22° 34′ 49″ northLongitude
88.35281° or 88° 21′ 10″ eastPopulation
7,990Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)Open location code
7MJCH9J3+34OpenStreetMap ID
node 1189036847OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
1277155
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