Kalighat
Kalighat is a locality of South Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. One of the oldest neighbourhoods in South Kolkata, Kalighat is also densely populated with a history of cultural intermingling with the various foreign incursions into the area over time.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kalighat Temple and Kalighat metro station.
Kalighat Temple
Hindu temple
Photo: Hiroki Ogawa, CC BY 3.0.
Kalighat Kali Temple is a Hindu temple in Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali, one of the 10 Mahavidyas in the Hindu tantric tradition and the supreme deity in the Kalikula worship tradition.
Kalighat metro station
Metro station
Photo: BengaliHindu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kalighat is an underground metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro at Rashbehari Avenue in Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Rabindra Sarobar Stadium
Stadium
Photo: ArsenalFan700, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Rabindra Sarobar Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Lake Gardens, Kolkata, India. It is used for football matches and serves as the home of many Calcutta Football League matches.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chetla and Lake Gardens.
Chetla
Suburb
Chetla is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Lake Gardens
Neighborhood
Lake Gardens is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. It has Kalighat to the north, Jodhpur Park to the east, Prince Anwar Shah Road or Tollygunge to the south and Charu Market to the west.
New Alipore
Suburb
Photo: Avrajyoti Mitra, CC BY-SA 2.0.
New Alipore is an upscale and standard locality of South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Kalighat
- Type: Suburb
- Description: locality of Kolkata
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.51533° or 22° 30′ 55″ northLongitude
88.34771° or 88° 20′ 52″ eastOpen location code
7MJCG88X+43OpenStreetMap ID
node 419289392OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbWikidata ID
Q960803
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Urdu—“Kalighat” goes by many names.
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