Dakshineswar
Dakshineswar is a station in Barrackpur II, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal. Dakshineswar is situated nearby to Panchavati Park, as well as near the hospital LAB-O-AID.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dakshineswar Kali Temple and Nivedita Setu.
Dakshineswar Kali Temple
Hindu temple
Photo: Bibek Raj Pandeya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dakshineswar Kali Temple or Dakshineswar Kalibari is a Hindu navaratna style temple in Dakshineswar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River. Dakshineswar Kali Temple is situated 130 metres north of Dakshineswar.
Nivedita Setu
Bridge
Photo: Jonoikobangali, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nivedita Setu is a multi-span extradosed bridge spanning the Hooghly River, connecting Bally, Howrah with Dakshineswar, Kolkata. It runs parallel to and about 50m downstream of the old Vivekananda Setu, opened in 1932. Nivedita Setu is situated 370 metres west of Dakshineswar.
Vivekananda Setu
Bridge
Photo: Palrana, Public domain.
Vivekananda Setu is a bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. It links the city of Howrah, at Bally, to Kolkata, at Dakshineswar. Completed in 1931, it is a multispan truss bridge that was built to primarily to provide direct road and rail connectivity between the Calcutta Port and the major railhead at Howrah railway station on the West bank of the Hooghly River. Vivekananda Setu is situated 390 metres west of Dakshineswar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dakshineswar and Uttarpara.
Dakshineswar
Suburb
Photo: Sukanta Pal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Northern Suburbs of Kolkata 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.
Uttarpara
Uttarpara is an industrial town on the western bank of the Hooghly River, in the Hooghly district of West Bengal. Close to Kolkata, Uttarpara 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.Bally
Photo: Kinjal bose 78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bally is a laid-back town north of Howrah city, in the Howrah district of southern West Bengal. It is home to the Belur Math, headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission.
Dakshineswar
- Type: Station
- Categories: passenger ship terminal and transportation
- Location: Barrackpur II, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.65365° or 22° 39′ 13″ northLongitude
88.35755° or 88° 21′ 27″ eastOperator
PrivateOpen location code
7MJCM935+F2OpenStreetMap ID
node 4178734127OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=ferry_terminalOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=station
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