Behala

Worth seeing in and around Behala

8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   State Archaeological Museum

   State Archaeological Museum, West Bengal in Kolkata, West Bengal, is an archeological museum founded in 1962 and has collections including rare tools of the Early, Middle and the Late Stone Ages from Susunia and other sites, proto-historic antiquities from Pandu Rajar Dhibi, terracottas, sculptures, stone and stucco from the Gupta, Maurya, Shunga, Kushana, Pala and Medieval times. It is located at the vicinity of Behala Bazar Metro on Diamond Harbour Road and Nafar Chandra Das Road at Behala behind Siddeshwari Kali Temple There is also a section on ‘Historical Art’ opened in 1963 which displays large number of old terracottas, bronzes, wood-carvings, textiles and manuscripts.

   800 m · museum in Kolkata · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Sabarna Sangrahashala

   Sabarna Roy Choudhury was a Zamindar family of Mughal Bengal. They controlled significant swathes of territory, including what would later become Kolkata, prior to the sale of zamindari rights in 1698 to the East India Company.

   2 km · museum in Kolkata, West Bengal · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Tipu Sultan Masjid Tollygunge

   The Tipu Sultan Masjid, also called Shaheed Tipu Sultan Masjid, is a Sunni mosque, located on Prince Anwar Shah Road in Tollygunge, Kolkata, in the state of West Bengal, India.

   3.6 km · Mosque in Tollygunge, Kolkata · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Vivekananda College, Thakurpukur

   Vivekananda College is a state government-aided public college, affiliated to the University of Calcutta, located in southwest Kolkata, close to the Thakurpukur metro station. The college offers both post-graduate and under-graduate courses in a number of subjects of science, arts and commerce.

   3.8 km · College of West Bengal · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Sister Nibedita Government General Degree College for Girls

   Sister Nibedita Government General Degree College for Girls, Hastings House, is the first government girls' degree college in West Bengal to be established after independence. It is named after Sister Nivedita in the heritage campus of Hastings House, the erstwhile residence of the first Governor General of India.

   3.7 km · college in Kolkata, India · Wikipedia
6. 06
   2018 Kolkata bridge collapse

   The 2018 Kolkata bridge collapse refers to the collapse of the Majerhat Bridge, in the city of Kolkata, India, on 4 September 2018. The bridge collapsed at around 4:45 PM, resulting in the death of three people and injuries to at least 25 others.

   2.8 km · Indian bridge failure · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Institute of Engineering and Management

   Institute of Engineering & Management is an Autonomous engineering and management college located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It is one of the oldest engineering college in West Bengal, founded in 1989.

   3.7 km · educational institute in Kolkata · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Radhakanta Temple

   The Radhanath Temple in Chetla, India built between 1796 and 1807 by Babu Ramnath Mondal of the Bawali Raj family, is one of the most prominent heritage temples along the old Adi Ganga. Designed in the traditional nabaratna Bengal temple architectural style and rising nearly 100 feet, it once formed part of a flourishing riverside cultural landscape of ghats, pathways, and zamindari estates.

   3.1 km · temple in Kolkata · Wikipedia

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Getting to Behala

Airports

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (CCU), 22 km · Hazrat Shahjalal (DAC), 261 km

Stations

Behala Airport, 1.7 km · Majerhat railway station, 2.6 km · Tollygunge railway station, 3.9 km · New Alipore Railway Station, 2.9 km · Remount Road railway station, 3.1 km

• Bhubaneswar → Behala

  357 km · quickest by air, 4h 30m · ₹5,580–8,560
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• Siliguri → Behala

  468 km · quickest by air, 4h 50m · ₹6,200–9,490
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• Guwahati → Behala

  537 km · quickest by air, 5h 24m · ₹6,710–10,260
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