Dakshineswar

The Northern Suburbs of cover the large urbanised industrial area to the north of the city, which includes Baguiati, Baranagar, Belgachia, Birati, Chitpur, Cossipore, Dakshineswar, Dum Dum, Lake Town, Nagerbazar, Paikpara and Sinthee.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Dakshineswar Kali Temple and Dakshineswar railway station.

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

Railway station
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Dakshineswar is a railway station on the Sealdah–Dankuni line in Dakshineswar. The is adjacent to . It serves the local areas of Dakshineswar in in , India.

Metro station
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Dakshineswar is the elevated northern terminal metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uttarpara and Dunlop.

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.

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

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.

Dakshineswar

Latitude
22.65575° or 22° 39′ 21″ north
Longitude
88.36064° or 88° 21′ 38″ east
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
7MJCM946+77
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13426545779
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
11184897
Wiki­data ID
Q5210098
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Urdu—“Dakshineswar” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণেশ্বর”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিনেশ্বর)”
  • Catalan: “Dakshineswar”
  • Dutch: “Dakshineswar”
  • French: “Dakshineswar”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिणेश्वर”
  • Portuguese: “Dakshineswar”
  • Spanish: “Dakshineswar”
  • Tamil: “தட்சினேஸ்வரம்”
  • Urdu: “دکشنیشور”

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