Birla Mandir
Birla Mandir in Ward Number 69, Kolkata, India, 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.- Type: Hindu temple
- Description: temple in Kolkata
- Also known as: “Birla Mandir, Kolkata”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Birla Industrial & Technological Museum and Calcutta School of Music.
Birla Industrial & Technological Museum
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. Birla Industrial & Technological Museum is situated 480 metres north of Birla Mandir.
Calcutta School of Music
School
The Calcutta School of Music established in 1915 by Phillipe Sandre is an institution in India, in the field of Western Classical music and Contemporary classical music. Calcutta School of Music is situated 200 metres northwest of Birla Mandir.
Ballygunge Junction railway station
Railway station
Photo: Pinakpani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ballygunge Junction railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway junction station on the Main line with an approximate 6 kilometres distance from the Sealdah railway station. Ballygunge Junction railway station is situated 1½ km southeast of Birla Mandir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beniapukur and Bhowanipore-Kalighat.
Beniapukur
Suburb
Beniapukur is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is adjacent to Park Circus.
Bhowanipore-Kalighat
Photo: Kolkatan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bhowanipore and Kalighat are two neighbourhoods along the Adi Ganga River, in South Kolkata.
Kalighat
Suburb
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.
Birla Mandir
- Categories: temple, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.5305° or 22° 31′ 50″ northLongitude
88.36495° or 88° 21′ 54″ eastOpen location code
7MJCG9J7+5XOpenStreetMap ID
way 166894089OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q4916530
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Tamil—“Birla Mandir” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “বিড়লা মন্দির, কলকাতা”
- Bengali: “বিড়লা মন্দির”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد بيرلا ماندير”
- Hindi: “बिरला मंदिर (कोलकाता)”
- Hindi: “बिरला मंदिर”
- Oriya: “ବିରଳା ମନ୍ଦିର, କୋଲକାତା”
- Tamil: “பிர்லா மந்திர், கொல்கத்தா”
- Tamil: “பிர்லா மந்திர்”
- Tamil: “லக்ஷ்மிநாராயண் மந்திர்”
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