Tarakeswar

Tarakeswar, also spelt Tarkeshwar, is a small town in the Hooghly district of and a major pilgrimage site for Hindus in . Home to Baba Taraknath Temple, a Shiva temple, the town experiences a huge crowd during Shaivite festivals like Maha Shivaratri and Shravani Mela every year.
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  • Type: Town with 30,500 residents
  • Description: City in West Bengal, India
  • Also known as: “Tarkeshwar”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Tarakeswar railway station and Loknath railway station.

Railway station
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Tarakeswar is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station…

Railway station
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Tarakeswar

Latitude
22.881° or 22° 52′ 51″ north
Longitude
88.0145° or 88° 0′ 52″ east
Population
30,500
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Open location code
7MJCV2J7+9Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3337950147
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1254912
Wiki­data ID
Q2453287
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Tarakeswar” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “তারকেশ্বর, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ”
  • Bengali: “তারকেশ্বর”
  • Bishnupriya: “তারকেশ্বর”
  • Cebuano: “Tarakeswar”
  • Chinese: “塔拉凯斯瓦尔”
  • Chinese: “塔拉凱斯瓦爾”
  • Dutch: “Tarakeswar”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Tarakeswar”
  • French: “Tarakeswar”
  • Hindi: “तारकेश्वर, हुगली”
  • Indonesian: “Tarakeswar”
  • Italian: “Tarakeswar”
  • Kannada: “ತಾರಕೇಶ್ವರ”
  • Malay: “Tarakeswar”
  • Oriya: “ତାରକେଶ୍ଵର”
  • Oriya: “ତାରକେଶ୍ୱର”
  • Portuguese: “Tarakeswar”
  • Spanish: “Tarakeswar”
  • Swedish: “Tarakeswar”
  • Urdu: “تاراکیشور”
  • Venetian: “Tarakeswar”
  • Vietnamese: “Tarakeswar”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Champadanga and Pursura.

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