Ballygunge

Ballygunge is a locality of South Kolkata in in the state of . It is one of the city's most affluent neighbourhoods.
Wikipedia
Photo: Kolkatan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: locality of Kolkata
  • Also known as: “Ballyganj” and “Calcutta Ballygunge”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Birla Mandir and Birla Industrial & Technological Museum.

Hindu temple
Photo: Ankur P, CC BY 2.0.
in Ward Number 69, , , is a Hindu temple on Asutosh Chowdhury Avenue, Ballygunge, built by the industrialist Birla family. It is dedicated to Vishnu avatars such as Rama and Krishna.

Museum
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
Birla Industrial & Technological Museum is a science museum in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is a unit under National Council of Science Museums, Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

School
The established in 1915 by Phillipe Sandre is an institution in India, in the field of Western Classical music and Contemporary classical music.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bhowanipore and Kalighat.

Suburb
Photo: Kolkatan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in in the state of .

Suburb
South Kolkata is an important part of city. It is less congested and more modern than the rest of the city. You will find more apartment blocks and green patches here.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of in in the state of . It is adjacent to Park Circus.

Ballygunge

Latitude
22.52803° or 22° 31′ 41″ north
Longitude
88.36591° or 88° 21′ 57″ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
7MJCG9H8+69
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10676698127
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1277538
Wiki­data ID
Q4852147
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Urdu—“Ballygunge” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “বালিগঞ্জ”
  • Chinese: “巴利根戈”
  • Dutch: “Ballygunge”
  • Hindi: “बालीगंज”
  • Indonesian: “Ballygunge”
  • Japanese: “バリグンジ”
  • Santali: “ᱵᱟᱞᱤᱜᱚᱧᱡᱽ”
  • Urdu: “بالی گنج”

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